Grumbles Quotes

We, like everyone else, have our eyes on the tracking of Hurricane Wilma. - Benjamin Grumbles

This is a triumph of treatment over dilution and collaboration over confrontation. - Benjamin Grumbles

The crows, the idle person grumbles. - Yoruba, Nigeria. - African Proverb

Our peak flow policy puts a premium on stopping leaks and spills, improving treatment, and increasing public oversight. - Benjamin Grumbles

No sooner is your ocean filled, than he grumbles that it might have been of better vintage. Try him with half of a Universe, of an Omnipotence, he sets to quarrelling with the proprietor of the other half, and declares himself the most maltreated of men. Always there is a black spot in our sunshine: it is even as I said, the Shadow of Ourselves. - Thomas Carlyle

I get enthusiastic when groups with widely different perspectives can work together and advance a policy that we think will add certainty and environmental protection. It maximizes treatment. It's a triumph of treatment over dilution and collaboration over confrontation. - Benjamin Grumbles

EPA has determined that existing regulations, coupled with the collaborative partnership outlined in the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, will get us results faster than developing new federal rules. Recent actions taken by Maryland, Virginia and other Bay partners will help to ensure that we achieve and maintain our restoration goals for the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. - Benjamin Grumbles