Marc Reisner Quotes

• If surface water can be compared with interest income, and non-renewable groundwater with capital, then much of the West was living mainly on interest income. California was milking interest and capital in about equal proportion. The plains states, however, were devouring capital as a gang of spendthrift heirs might squander a great capitalist's fortune.

  Marc Reisner

  California, Water, Environmental

  Marc Reisner (1986). “Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water”

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• I believe that anyone who flies in an airplane and doesn't spend most of his time looking out the window wastes his money.

  Marc Reisner

  Believe, Airplane, Waste

  Marc Reisner (1993). “Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition”, p.14, Penguin

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• Water flows uphill towards money.

  Marc Reisner

  Water, Flow, Eco

  Marc Reisner (1993). “Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition”, p.25, Penguin

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