Greg Wise Quotes

Let him not throw urine or feces into the water, nor saliva, nor clothes defiled by impure substances, nor any other impurity, nor blood, nor poisonous things.

In theory, recycling poop is the perfect solution to the one truly unavoidable byproduct of human civilization.

The average human being spends three years of life going to the toilet, though the average human being with no physical toilet to go to probably does his or her best to spend less. It is a human behavior that is as revealing as any other about human nature, but only if it can be released from the social straitjacket of nicety.

I am honoured to be invited by our respected Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi to join the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.' I dedicate myself to this movement and will invite nine other leading Indians to join me in the 'Clean India' campaign.

I think toilets are more important than temples. No matter how many temples we go to, we are not going to get salvation. We need to give priority to toilets and cleanliness.

Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society?

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

Diarrhea, 90 percent of which is caused by food and water contaminated by excrement, kills a child every fifteen seconds. That's more than AIDS, malaria, or measles, combined. Human feces are an impressive weapon of mass destruction.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.

The first thing I did when I decided that I was going to dive into the world of poop was look at who was doing stuff in that world. The first I came across was the World Toilet Organization. So one of the first things I did was to go to their annual show in Moscow.

Disease is largely a removable evil. It continues to afflict humanity, not only because of incomplete knowledge of its causes and lack of individual and public hygiene, but also because it is extensively fostered by harsh economic and industrial conditions and by wretched housing in congested communities.

The Clintons are walking around on poo. But it’s very clean poo.

Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.

Under Swachh Bharat initiative, the government has built nine crore toilets.

Sanitation and cleanliness are among the humblest of the civic virtues, and it is easy to underestimate their significance.

One of my pet peeves, one of my obsessions, is litter.

The humble latrine, or flush toilet, reduces disease by twice as much as just putting in clean water.

Conservation of national sanitation is Swaraj work and it may not be postponed for a single day on any consideration whatsoever.

People don't like getting dirty or living in an environment that's been contaminated and is covered in hazardous waste.

Cleanliness drive is something that has touched every Indian.

Mahatma Gandhi never compromised on cleanliness. He gave us freedom. We should give him a clean India.

According to the World Health Organization, an average of Rs. 6500 per person was lost in India due to lack of cleanliness and hygiene. Swachh Bharat would make a significant impact on public health and in safeguarding income of the poor, ultimately contributing to the national economy.

I think toilets are more important than temples.