All Gwynne Dyer Quotes
- For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although the… Always Significant
- As the most religious country of the 18 surveyed, the U.S. also comes in with the highest rates for teen pregnancy and for gonorrhea and… Country
- The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot faster than… Climate
- The military profession, especially is the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional… Any
- But we are almost certainly going to miss our [global warming] deadline. We cannot get the 10 lost years back, and by the time a… Accord
- The real requirement, if we are to avoid runaway global warming, is probably 80% by 2030, and almost no burning whatever of fossil fuels (coal,… Avoid
- While the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent of suppressed panic in… Climate
- There is a point of no return after which warming becomes unstoppable - and we are probably going to sail right through it. It is… Anthropogenic
- The first and most important impact of climate change on human civilisation will be an acute and permanent crisis of food supply. Eating regularly is… Activity
- Never did anyone ever stay longer than ten years because the resistance grows fiercer as your presence grows longer [in Afghanistan]. I don't think we… Afghanistan
- Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy, more… Add
- It doesn't matter what we think we are there [in Afghanistan] for; it matters what they think. They think we are invaders. Afghanistan