Michael Burry Quotes

Water links us all as human beings. Everyone needs water, and we all have challenges about it, no matter where we live. Yet even in the U.S., people aren't aware of problems facing water.

Wherever you disrupt water from its natural cycle, there's always a winner and a loser. Whoever is the one it's directed towards is the winner, and whoever loses that water is the loser.

People are saying that the next war will be about water. Let's make sure there will be no next war, and let's make sure that we treat water the way it deserves.

I do believe that clean water is the most efficient way to change the world.

Israel gives the West Bank water twice a week! One way of promoting good would be not to ration water.

Water, like many other resources, is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to the survival of all forms of life. The underlying question that sits at the core of my exploration is to what degree can we shape water before it begins to shape us.

Clean water is a great example of something that depends on energy. And if you solve the water problem, you solve the food problem.

In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to allocate water where societal need is greatest, and to allow trade-offs between alternative uses.

Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.

Clearly, we need to rethink our attitudes about water and move away from thinking of it as nearly a free good and a God-given right.

No water equals no life. We can have no oil; it's fine. No water - there is no plan b with no water.

Water is on the table for every single one us. When it's gone, game over. I don't care what company you run; I don't care if you're Republican or liberal.

Water is one of the most basic and vital requirements for survival. And with the issue of water shortage aggravating every single day, it's just something I felt we had to address and spread the message on whatever level we can.

I want people to have clean water. People in this country take it for granted, the ability to drink clean water whenever they want. There are millions of people far less fortunate in this world, and it's my duty to do as much as I can to change that. I don't see that as insurmountable at all.

Being near a water source can determine lives, livelihoods and prosperity.

Water's about everything. And when the federal government controls water, it controls everything - that's the problem.

Clean water is such a treasure that we take for granted in America.

Luckily, water, though finite, is infinitely renewable.

As with oil, water exploitation raises an inter-generational debt that will be hard to repay.

Is water the next oil? Motives behind the question vary, depending on who asks the question. Those who see water as a future core commodity - therefore as profitable a prospect as oil - pose the question to create the right market conditions for water trade.

I know what people say, that water's a lot like air. Do you charge for air? Well, of course not. Well, you shouldn't charge for water. Okay, watch what happens you won't have any water

I'm working with UNESCO on a project called 'Thirst,' which educates children all over China and promotes awareness to the fact that 300 million people in China do not have access to water.

I couldn't imagine not having clean water.

Countries that control water are likely to be the big winners of the future.

It's tough to know the value of water until it's gone.