Drought Quotes

109 quotes by 97 authors

Quickly capping 363 oil well fires in a war zone is impossible. The fires would burn out of control until they put themselves out... The… — Carl Sagan
We have had drought where I live in New Mexico for several years, and I began to think about rain and green plants and growing.… — Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
I get my by any means on, whenever there's a drought get your umbrellas out because that's when I brainstorm. — Jay-Z
When earth is rich it bids defiance to droughts, yields in abundance and of the best quality. — Thomas Jefferson
The best thing about rain forests is they never suffer from drought. — Dan Quayle
We have said we will never collapse, never ever. We may have our droughts, our poverty, but as a people we shall never collapse, never… — Robert Mugabe
If the river has a soul, it's a peaceful one. If it has a lesson to impart, that lesson is patience. There will be drought,… — Therese Anne Fowler
Climate scientists have long pointed to the Southwest as one of the places in the U.S. that is most vulnerable to global warming impacts, especially… — Jeff Goodell
Early humans, bursting with questions about Nature but with limited understanding of its dynamics, explained things in terms of supernatural persons and person-animals who delivered… — Ursula Goodenough
Weâ€™ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history â€“ that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the… — Fernando Pessoa
Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a… — Al Gore
After so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along come class; somebody who actually went to school, can… — Billy Wilder
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods. — Norman Borlaug
Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the… — Donella Meadows
I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world,… — Alice Hoffman
We have become a force of nature Not long ago, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, drought, forest fires, even earthquakes and volcanic explosions were accepted as â€œnatural… — David Suzuki
Bopha, Sandy, floods in Pakistan, droughts in Chinaâ€¦ How many reports from the likes of the World Bank, NASA and the International Energy Agency will… — Steven Guilbeault
Nowhere is this challenge more critical -- and the need for action more pressing -- than in the Horn of Africa. From Kenya to Ethiopia,… — Rajiv Shah
Global warming is a justice issue. It's a justice issue because global warming is theft - theft from our own children and grand children, of… — Fred Small
The fruit of our labors is sweet when the work is consecrated to God. But we have to be able to weather the conditions -… — Elaine L. Jack

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