Rising Quotes

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We the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency-a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential...the earth has… — Al Gore
Carbon dioxide pollution is transforming the chemistry of the ocean, rapidly making the water more acidic. In decades, rising ocean acidity may challenge life on… — Sigourney Weaver
The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face. It… — H.G. Wells
You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time. — Ron Atkinson
AFC Wimbledon in the League! Talk about the ashes rising from the flames. — Stan Collymore
I'll not hurt thee, says Uncle Toby, rising with the fly in his hand. Go, he says, opening the window to let it escape. Why… — Laurence Sterne
The idea behind Reaganomics is this: a rising tide lifts all yachts. — Walter F. Mondale
For equity markets, the combination of low interest rates, strong economic growth and low inflation has proved very beneficial, with global share markets rising solidly… — Ian Macfarlane
We have many advantages in the fight against global warming, but time is not one of them. Instead of idly debating the precise extent of… — John McCain
American tyranny has come gradually, like a slow rising river. Each of us does not realize the danger until the water comes to our door.… — Charley Reese
Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet. — Henry David Thoreau
Are global temperatures rising? Surely, they were rising from the late 1970s to 1998, but 'there has been no net global warming since 1998.' Indeed,… — John R. Lott Jr.
That bright blue ball rising over the moon's surface, containing everything we hold dear - the laughter of children, a quiet sunset, all the hopes… — Barack Obama
For a theory to be scientific it must be capable of being refuted by the evidence. Given that we have had three decades of rising… — Peter Lilley
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. From not only the warming of the earth with higher global temperatures, but also… — Al Gore
Saving Greenland is both a metaphor and a precondition for saving civilization. If its ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise 23 feet. Hundreds of… — Lester R. Brown
While we would not want to attribute every extreme weather event to climate change - the pattern is building and the costs are rising -… — Edward Davey
[W]hen we look at the graphs of rising ocean temperatures, rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and so on, we know that they are climbing… — David Attenborough
Heating bills this winter are the highest they've been in five years, but President Bush has a plan to combat rising bills. It's called global… — Jay Leno
With every rising of the sun, Think of your life as just begun. The past has shrived and buried deep All yesterdays; there let them… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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