"There is a tendency at every important but……" — Bill McKibben

"There is a tendency at every important but difficult crossroad to pretend that it's not really there."

— Bill McKibben

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61 Quotes by Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben has 61 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The seasons don't matter to most of us anymore except as spectacles. In my county and in many places around…
Until it's understood to involve justice for those in poverty, a future for generations yet unborn, and a commitment to…
Community is as endangered by surplus as it is by deficit. If there is too much money floating around it…
The world hasn't ended, but the world as we know it has-even if we don't quite know it yet.
There's no happy ending where we prevent climate change any more. Now the question is, is it going to be…
Irene's got a middle name, and it's Global Warming.
Remember...this year has already seen more billion-dollar weather-related disasters than any year in US history. Last year was the warmest…
Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's…
We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to…
We're not at the point of trying to stop global warming; it's too late for that. We're trying to keep…
The real negotiation is between humans on the one hand and chemistry and physics on the other. And chemistry and…
According to new research emerging from many quarters that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making…

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I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's… — Neil Armstrong
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest… — Joe Baca
In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges… — Michelle Bachelet
Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge. — Michele Bachmann
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into… — Kevin Bacon
I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films… — Amy Adams
I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on… — Amy Adams
It's always challenging when you're shooting a film. Shooting things out of order and keeping continuity on all levels is… — Amy Adams
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the… — James A. Baldwin
No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I… — Christian Bale
We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and… — Roy Barnes

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