James G. Watt famous quotes

They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers.
-- James G. Watt

#Tree #Environment #Newspapers

My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.
-- James G. Watt

#Jesus #Responsibility #Land

Liberals have shifted government into a position of being neutral between right and wrong. By concentrating power in government institutions, liberals chisel at the three pillars of society: the family unit, work ethic and faith. That's not good for America.
-- James G. Watt

#Government #America #Work Ethic

After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back.
-- James G. Watt

#Tree #Lasts #Christ

I was driven from my position as Interior Secretary, not because of my environmental record, but because of my Christian beliefs. That's the real struggle.
-- James G. Watt

#Christian #Religious #Real

Early American speeches, from Washington's to Patrick Henry's, have been detheologized in history textbooks. No one has called it censorship.
-- James G. Watt

#Christian #Religious #Speech

In the 1980s... it was a liberal philosophy of government that changed the rules to suit its own political ends. We were forfeiting our freedoms to conform to a humanistic philosophy that was patently antireligious.
-- James G. Watt

#Christian #Religious #Philosophy

If i get 8 hours to cut a tree i'll spend 7 hours to sharp my knife.

He had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder up behind him...

It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.

The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.

Many of our partners are here and this is where the world's expertise on environment and the wider sustainability agenda often and regularly gathers. Here is where international initiatives frequently start and are nurtured. Geneva is one of the hubs where global programs can be often most effectively managed.

Trees are your best antiques

I still think that being thrown in a very competitive environment where you really have to see what you are made of - certainly when you come out of nowhere - was good for me.

It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.

A newspaper is a mirror reflecting the public, a mirror more or less defective, but still a mirror.

Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.