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Dumping Quotes

From polluted rivers to unrealized dreams.

This page gathers dumping quotes mostly centered on environmental harm, including criticism of weak enforcement against companies that pollute nearby communities. Readers can explore related themes on the Country quotes page.

To detoxify my whole body, I'm a massive fan of dumping an entire wad of Epsom salts into the bath with a couple of drops of lavender or sage oil.

Quotes by Topaz Page-Green

Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.

Quotes by Ted Danson

The Environmental Protection Agency rarely follows up prosecuting coal companies and their fellow polluters, even when the evidence is clear-cut that they are dumping and poisoning entire towns near their projects, and the state regulators are even worse.

Quotes by Suzy Shuster

Drawing the desperate and the adrift, Los Angeles has long been the dumping ground of dreams both real and cinematic.

Quotes by Steve Erickson

Country Quotes

I don't want a Europe that is just a free-trade area attached to NATO. Even less do I want a Europe where it's everyone against everyone, and social and fiscal dumping replaces solidarity.

Quotes by Segolene Royal

I could cut my leg of; I could cut my arm off. I could gouge my eye out - I'd still probably survive, but not very well, and that's what we're doing to the ocean. It's the life support system...

Quotes by Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

If he had listened to some of his advisors and had tried to make the Marshall Plan a political dumping ground for unqualified politicians, it couldn't have been a success.

Quotes by Paul Hoffman

I don't confess in my work because to me, that implies that you're dumping all your guilt and sins on the page and asking the reader to forgive you.

Quotes by Meghan Daum

It seems like every week we are considering bills that would make it harder to limit the amount of carbon we are dumping into our atmosphere, and prevent implementation of clean technologies. The voters who sent us here deserve better.

Quotes by Mark Pocan

Down Quotes

I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.

Quotes by Lawrence Summers

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.

Quotes by Kevin Richardson

I believe the American people spoke loud and clear to the Bush Administration in yesterday's election that they disapprove of the current direction in the war in Iraq. As a result, the President wasted no time in dumping Secretary Rumsfeld.

Quotes by Jim Clyburn

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

Quotes by Jean Rostand

It was fairly obvious to anyone who studied the situation that China was dumping bedroom furniture in the U.S. to the detriment of our American workers and manufacturers to gain market access and share.

Quotes by Howard Coble

Dreams Quotes

A lot of people head into courtship looking for fireworks. Don't pass up a chance by dumping someone after a first date because you don't feel the fireworks. The fireworks can happen at any time and be maintained.

Quotes by Helen Fisher

But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead...

Quotes by H. G. Bissinger

We know it is impossible to go on finding, moving and wasting oil, leveling forests, paving land, dumping poisons, and multiplying our numbers. A new way of life, a new set of thoughts must be found.

Quotes by Donella Meadows

The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.

Quotes by Daniel Berrigan

I saw 28 Days. I don't remember rehab being like a day camp or being that funny. Rehab is a dumping ground. It's a big landfill.

Quotes by Charlie Sheen

Feel Quotes

We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground...

Quotes by Cecil Rhodes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the main focus of these dumping quotes?
Most quotes here focus on environmental dumping, from casual household habits like pouring things down a drain to criticism of companies that pollute towns with limited legal consequence.
Why do people search for dumping quotes?
People search for dumping quotes mostly around environmental awareness, whether researching pollution policy or looking for language about accountability toward polluters.
Is enforcement against polluters criticized in this collection?
Yes, one quote criticizes the Environmental Protection Agency for rarely following up on prosecuting coal companies even when evidence of dumping and poisoning towns is clear.
Is there a quote using dumping as a metaphor rather than literally?
Yes, one quote calls Los Angeles a "dumping ground of dreams," describing it as a place that draws people chasing both real and cinematic ambitions. See Dreams for related quotes.
Are any quotes about personal wellness rather than pollution?
One quote does describe dumping Epsom salts into a bath as a detox habit, a lighter, personal use of the word distinct from the environmental quotes elsewhere in the collection.

One quote uses dumping metaphorically, describing Los Angeles as a dumping ground for dreams, both real and cinematic, that never quite land. For related themes, see the Dreams and Down quote pages.