Few Decades Quotes
56 quotes by 52 authors
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Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military…
— Linda Chavez
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The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, every betrayal, every hateful…
— Lloyd deMause
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What does it mean for a civilisation to be a million years old? We have had radio telescopes and spaceships for a few decades; our…
— Carl Sagan
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The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind-computer programmers who could crank code, lawyers who…
— Daniel H. Pink
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Don't let yourself be weighed down by what other people think, because in a few years, in a few decades, or in a few centuries,…
— Paulo Coelho
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The climate is nearing tipping points. Changes are beginning to appear and there is a potential for explosive changes, effects that would be irreversible, if…
— James Hansen
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Adaptation is the only means to reduce the now-unavoidable costs of climate change over the next few decades
— Nicholas Stern
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Within the next few decades, autos will have folding wings that can be spread when on a straight stretch of road so that the machine…
— Eddie Rickenbacker
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Extreme weather like the droughts in Russia, China and Brazil and the flooding in Pakistan and Australia [in 2010] have contributed to a level of…
— John Beddington
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If a superior alien civilization sent us a message saying, 'We'll arrive in a few decades', would we just reply, 'OK, call us when you…
— Stephen Hawking
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We're handing them [young people & future generations] a climate system which is potentially out of their control. We're in an emergency: you can see…
— James Hansen
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There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe - without swords, without guns, without conquests. The 50 million Muslims of Europe will…
— Muammar al-Gaddafi
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No matter how deeply disturbing the thought of using the environment to manipulate behavior for national advantages to some, the technology permitting such use will…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Within a few decades...the United States might get 30% of its electricity from sunshine...
— Christopher Flavin
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Through the last few decades it [the art object] has been ripped off the wall and twisted through every conceivable permutation, yet back to the…
— Ashley Bickerton
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Societies that exclude the exoskeleton of religion should reflect carefully to what will happen to them over several generations. We don’t really know, because the…
— Jonathan Haidt
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In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as…
— Gary Miller
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As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way.
— Daniel Nathans
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Reaching a general understanding that sustainability is the ultimate issue will finally bring us face-to-face with the political challenge of forging a sustainable society during…
— Gaylord Nelson
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Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity -- technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture…
— Ray Kurzweil
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