WATERBANK SEEKS PURCHASERS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES AND BOTTLED WATER COMPANIES WATERBANK PROVIDES BOTTLED WATER TO DISASTER RELIEF QUOTES People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Isaac Asimov "Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." Herbert Hoover "If you cannot convince them, confuse them.”
Harry S. Truman Walking is man's best medicine. Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (460-377 BCE) One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)
Truth never damages a cause that is just. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. Will Rogers If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. Jay Leno When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. Doug Larson I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952 The problem with political jokes is they get elected. Henry Cate, VII We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. Nikita Khrushchev Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. Author Unknown Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. John Quinton Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. Oscar Ameringer A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. Tex Guinan I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. Charles de Gaulle There is no shame West of El Paso. Sigmund Silber Philosopher, Economist, Management Consultant There is money to be made from misery.
Sigmund Silber Philosopher, Economist, Management Consultant It is not time for action as action is considered impolite in New Mexico. It is ok to talk about water being a human right but not okay to talk about what to do to have more water. That is a shocking concept. Doing something about a problem? How dare anyone even suggest something like that. Write another poem, sing another song, issue another book with wonderful photos. That is how we handle problems in New Mexico. Sigmund Silber A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain. Mildred Witte Stouven Welcome to WaterBank®.Com, the world's first and most comprehensive website dedicated to creating a broad marketplace for buying, selling, and trading of: | | | | | | | - Irrigation District Water
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