“Truly to appreciate what fossils are requires a leap of imagination he was not capable of making.” — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
Renewable energy is far more labor-intensive than fossil fuel production. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory ... — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in Darwin's time. — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
Just 8% of the $409bn spent on fossil-fuel subsidies in 2010 went to the poorest 20% of the population. — Fatih Birol Copy Share Image
We shouldn't penalize those that depend on fossil fuels for energy and the jobs they provide. — Joe Heck Copy Share Image
I will give up my belief in evolution if someone finds a fossil rabbit in the Precambrian. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
I think that so far the political and economic power of the fossil fuel industry has trumped all else. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The earth is warming at an alarming rate, we are running out of fossil fuels, and it is long past time for… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Yes, I am of old family, and not illiterate. I am a fossil." "A which?" "Fossil. The first horses were… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is no doubt there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, caused by the burning of fossil fuels. It should have… — John Christy Copy Share Image
Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
Alone among businesses, the fossil-fuel industry is allowed to dump its main waste, carbon dioxide, for free — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Imagine spending four billion years stocking the oceans with seafood, filling the ground with fossil fuels, and drilling the bees in honey… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Dinosaur fossils were placed in rocks by prankster God just to make human beings think the world is older than it is. — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
I'm passionate about restoring the efficacy of American democracy, making capitalism sustainable, prioritizing advances in technology, and seizing the opportunities to use… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
As the country continues to dissect the recent natural disaster, we might want to start considering what about the disaster wasn't actually… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
We know evolution happened not because of transitional fossils such as A. natans but because of the convergence of evidence from such… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
We're clearly coming to the end of the fossil fuel era. We have the technology to shift to renewable energy, we have… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
Not since the Lord himself showed his stuff to Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones had anyone shown such grace and… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Remember that the problem is bigger than the car you drive or the types of lightbulbs in city hall. We need a… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The fossil record implies trial and error, an inability to anticipate the future, features inconsistent with an efficient Great Designer (although not… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If we do not get our act together and transform our energy system away from fossil fuel, there is a real question… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Fossil bones and footsteps and ruined homes are the solid facts of history, but the surest hints, the most enduring signs, lie… — Jonathan Kingdon Copy Share Image
“No fossil is buried with its birth certificate. That, and the scarcity of fossils, means that it is effectively impossible to link… — Henry Gee Copy Share Image
“In most people's minds, fossils and Evolution go hand in hand. In reality, fossils are a great embarrassment to Evolutionary theory and… — Gary Parker Copy Share Image
It has been long considered possible to explain the more ancient revolutions on... the Earth surface by means of these still existing… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information,… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
“An evolutionary perspective of our place in the history of the earth reminds us that Homo sapiens sapiens has occupied the planet… — Richard E. Leakey Copy Share Image
“Rocks are not static and inert. They are constantly changing, shifting, and rearranging their form and location. They can be melted, deposited,… — Robert R. Coenraads Copy Share Image
Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)—Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Fossils are of four kinds, viz. saline, earthy, inflammable and metallic; hence arise four classes. — Torbern Bergman Copy Share Image
You see, the Greenhouse Effect is a direct result of burning fossil or old carbon fuels. — Jack Herer Copy Share Image
It makes no sense to invest in [fossil fuel] companies that undermine our future — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We couldn't outspend the fossil fuel industry - they have more money than God. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Not using fossil fuels is tantamount to not using energy. It is economic suicide and eco-manslaughter. — Paul Driessen Copy Share Image
You can have a healthy fossil-fuel balance sheet, or a relatively healthy planet — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils. — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image