The burning of fossil fuels has altered the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere so rapidly and so abundantly that now,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it's own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
The transfer of three shillings and sixpence a day to every labourer would not increase the quantity of meat in the country.… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
The internet has to be protected from intrusive monitoring or else the medium upon which we all rely for the basis of… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Something bad happened on both Mars with its dried-up watercourses and Venus with its runaway greenhouse effect. Could something bad happen on… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Every time the Secretary of Defense tries to get a hand on his many intelligence programs, we hear warnings about the dire… — Mark Riebling Copy Share Image
Life from nonlife, like wine from water, has long been considered a miracle wrought by gods or God. Now it is seen… — Ursula Goodenough Copy Share Image
God does not cause our misfortunes. Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Any nation that expects to be ignorant and free," Jefferson said, "expects what never was and never will be." And if the… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Unlike most of life, what you do really matters. Your actions have real consequences. You have to pay attention and focus, and… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
People who expect to feel guilty tend to be more sympathetic, to put themselves into other people's shoes, to think about the… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
Even when a person suffers pain in consequence of a thorn having entered into his hand, although it is at once drawn… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
In the course of the history of the earth innumerable events have occurred one after another, causing changes of states, all with… — Bernhard von Cotta Copy Share Image
The only way out is spiritual, intellectual, and emotional revolution in which, finally, we learn to experience first hand the interloping connections… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest;… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We don't think about it, but it has a tremendous effect. But these are things you don't see right in front of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The most important thing in the job is to make movies about women where they are characters that have consequences in the… — Amy Pascal Copy Share Image
So, I'm not the only one who believes that there is such a thing as "the law of gravity," and if it's… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
If thou wilt be observant and vigilant, thou wilt see at every moment the response to thy action. Be observant if thou… — Rumi Copy Share Image
From the comfort of distance, [Non resident Indians and Kashmiris] financially and emotionally support ideologies whose consequence they don’t have to face.… — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
There are certain yoga laws and principles that are, shall we say, less tangible than others. For example, the law of karma.… — Bryan Kest Copy Share Image
Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
If Pocahontas had been given the foresight to see what devastating consequences her actions and belief in the possibility of peace would… — Q'orianka Kilcher Copy Share Image
You must show how gruesome that death is because if you don't, then you turn into some kind of comic book and… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
The reason to be an atheist is not that it makes us feel better or gives us a more rewarding life. The… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get a weapon of mass destruction from Iraq,… — Paul Cellucci Copy Share Image
If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
It was really always about bringing back [James] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I have a new theory of history, which is certain things happen because they seem like a good idea at the time.… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
The works of Lavoisier and his associates operated upon many of us at that time like the Sun's rising after a night… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are no simple answers in life. There is a good and bad in everyone and everything. No decision is made without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you have to prove a theorem, do not rush. First of all, understand fully what the theorem says, try to see… — George Polya Copy Share Image
He [Brian Fraser] told me that a man must be responsible for any see he sows, for it's his duty to take… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Disturbingly, the First Amendment, along with the Fourth Amendment - protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures, and requiring warrants - have been… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image