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Inspirational Quotes by James Lovelock
- The inertia of humans is so huge that you can't really do anything meaningful.
- I wouldn't be against them (large wind turbines) if they actually worked.
- You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.
- Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by…
- I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.
- I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price for it.
- Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.
- For each of our actions there are only consequences.
- Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.
- Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.
- An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.
- Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.
- Let's make hay while it lasts.
- Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem.
- Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.
- Nowadays if you're dependent on a grant - and 99% of them are - you can't make mistakes as you won't get another one if…
- Science always uses metaphor.
- The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium.
- There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento