From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Chroniclers of the role of paper in history are given to extravagant pronouncements: Architecture would not have been possible without paper. Without… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
“The second industrial revolution doesn’t present us, as the first did, with overwhelming images of rolling mills or molten steel, but rather… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“From a scientific perspective the truly revolutionary character of the Industrial Revolution was the dramatic change from an open system where energy… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
To be able to transform societies and economies to low-carbon ones was an amazing challenge. To influence and to facilitate such an… — Patricia Espinosa Copy Share Image
Concentration of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. And the National Academy of Sciences… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
All the big revolutions, whether it's the Industrial Revolution, the Arab Spring, those changes happened by economic and social shifts brought about… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“A GPT is seen as an epoch-defining technology which spreads through many industries, allowing costs to fall and, equivalently, productivity to increase.… — Edward A. Hudson Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
The cost reductions for renewable energy continue downward in a very dramatic way. We're in the early stages of a sustainability revolution… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“Here are some things we can expect of the New Tribal revolution, based on the experience of the Industrial Revolution.[...] Three: It… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“that the power of technology will keep increasing, while the price for this power will keep decreasing. With Moore’s Law proving to… — Max Isaacman Copy Share Image
One thing I found out was that we need extended families. We need gangs. And, of course, if they're tribes and clans… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
We need to develop the new green industrial revolution that develops the new technologies that can confront and overcome the challenge of… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
All this argument is the temperature going up or not, it's absurd. Of course it's going up. It has gone up since… — Reid Bryson Copy Share Image
The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
To change our national economic story from one of financial speculation to one of future growth, we need a third industrial revolution:… — Chris Huhne Copy Share Image
The Internet is the great equalizer.The technology which emanated from the Silicon Valley of California has more potential to ameliorate social inequality… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
“Between 1811 and 1817, a group of English textile workers whose jobs were threatened by the automated looms of the first Industrial… — Erik Brynjolfsson Copy Share Image
Market capitalism survived and prospered after the boom-bust industrial revolution of the 19th century, and the Great Depression and world wars of… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
I am grateful to the fossil fuel industry for bringing us the concentrated carbon that took us through the Industrial Revolution and… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image