Peter Gleick Quotes

• How would we feel if you could pay extra to smoke on airplanes? When we decide something is a bad idea in general for society, we don't want the rich to be able to buy their way out of it.

  Peter Gleick

  Airplane, Ideas, Want

  45 Copy quote

• Water is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

  Peter Gleick

  Mean, Water, Ends

  4 Copy quote

• This isn't about 'causality' but about 'influence'. The evidence is clear that human-induced climate change is influencing the drought, no matter the cause.

  Peter Gleick

  Causality, Matter, Causes

  4 Copy quote

• It's great that it's raining. But people should not assume that a little bit of rain is going to solve our problem.

  Peter Gleick

  Rain, People, Littles

  "California's water deficit: 11 trillion gallons" by Kurtis Alexander, www.sfgate.com. December 16, 2014.

  4 Copy quote

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin