--- title: "6 Across Quotes By Rose George" description: "6 Across quotes by Rose George. Plus more from Rose George and more Across sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/rose-george-8313_acoustic_a-humpback-can-transmit-a-sound-across-a_471703.jpg" --- > [A humpback can transmit a sound across a whole ocean. But a supertanker can also be heard coming across a whole ocean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/a-humpback-can-transmit-a-sound-across-a-whole-ocean-but-a/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/rose-george-8313_acoustic_a-humpback-can-transmit-a-sound-across-a_471703.jpg) > [Light doesn't penetrate beneath the surface of the water, so ocean creatures like whales and dolphins and even 800 species of fish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/light-doesn-t-penetrate-beneath-the-surface-of-the-water-so-ocean/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/rose-george-8313_across_light-doesn-t-penetrate-beneath-the-surf_582200.png) > [Because sanitation has so many effects across all aspects of development - it affects education, it affects health, it affects maternal mortality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/because-sanitation-has-so-many-effects-across-all-aspects-of/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/rose-george-8313_across_because-sanitation-has-so-many-effects-a_1799582.png) > [In villages across the developing world, governments have provided reasonable enough latrines that have again and again been turned into storage spaces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/in-villages-across-the-developing-world-governments-have-provided/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/rose-george-8313_abandoned_in-villages-across-the-developing-world_2071321.png) > [The first thing I did when I decided that I was going to dive into the world of poop was look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/the-first-thing-i-did-when-i-decided-that-i-was-going-to-dive-into/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/rose-george-8313_across_the-first-thing-i-did-when-i-decided-tha_2580070.jpg) > [There is a scene in Richard Attenborough's biopic where Gandhi argues with his wife because she refuses to clean their latrine. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/there-is-a-scene-in-richard-attenborough-s-biopic-where-gandhi-argues/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/rose-george-8313_across_there-is-a-scene-in-richard-attenborough_3181386.jpg) ## More by Rose George > [I went down to the sewers in London and looked at a campaigning group in London called RATS, Rowers Against Thames Sewage, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/i-went-down-to-the-sewers-in-london-and-looked-at-a-campaigning-group/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [The Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS), which controls the living environment on shuttles and on the International Space Station, doesn't have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/the-environmental-control-and-life-support-system-eclss-which/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [Diarrhoea is the reason you can have a malnourished child in a well-fed family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/diarrhoea-is-the-reason-you-can-have-a-malnourished-child-in-a-well/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [“Mr. Wang had found my interest in fen, the Mandarin word for excrement, peculiar. Nonetheless, he tried to be helpful. He would point out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/mr-wang-had-found-my-interest-in-fen-the-mandarin-word-for-excrement/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [Sending a container from Shanghai to Le Havre emits fewer greenhouse gases than the truck that takes the container on to Lyon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/sending-a-container-from-shanghai-to-le-havre-emits-fewer-greenhouse/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [Seafaring can be lucrative - the elite, such as gas-tanker captains, can earn $100,000 for six months' work - but the isolation is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/seafaring-can-be-lucrative-the-elite-such-as-gas-tanker-captains-can/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [Before containers, transport costs ate up 25 percent of the value of whatever was being shipped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/before-containers-transport-costs-ate-up-25-percent-of-the-value-of/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [A humpback can transmit a sound across a whole ocean. But a supertanker can also be heard coming across a whole ocean, and because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/a-humpback-can-transmit-a-sound-across-a-whole-ocean-but-a/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better ports, seafarers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/the-days-of-languorous-shore-leave-are-long-gone-overnight-stays-are/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/rules-governing-defecation-hygiene-and-pollution-exist-in-every/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [Light doesn't penetrate beneath the surface of the water, so ocean creatures like whales and dolphins and even 800 species of fish communicate by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/light-doesn-t-penetrate-beneath-the-surface-of-the-water-so-ocean/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [My mother watched her loving husband look at her with blankness or contempt and sometimes hatred. And yet dementia is classed as a social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/my-mother-watched-her-loving-husband-look-at-her-with-blankness-or/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [I find Suez astonishing for the first hour. It is a ditch in a desert, but a stunning one. The sensation of being hemmed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/i-find-suez-astonishing-for-the-first-hour-it-is-a-ditch-in-a-desert/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [There are few industries as defiantly opaque as shipping. Even offshore bankers have not developed a system as intricately elusive as the flag of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/there-are-few-industries-as-defiantly-opaque-as-shipping-even/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) > [ I'd grown up thinking that a \[sanitary toilet\] was my right, when in fact it's a privilege - 2.5 billion people worldwide have no… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/i-d-grown-up-thinking-that-a-sanitary-toilet-was-my-right-when-in/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/across/rose-george/#itemlist", "name": "6 Across Quotes By Rose George", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A humpback can transmit a sound across a whole ocean. 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