--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: So anyone who says that we shouldn’t act…" description: "\"“So anyone who says that we shouldn’t act on climate change because of uncertainty is really inviting you to ride towards a brick wall at 80 km/h becau..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/dave-levitan-230912_brick-wall_so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act_887777.jpg" --- # So anyone who says that we shouldn’t act on climate change… ![“So anyone who says that we shouldn’t act on climate change because of uncertainty is really inviting you to ride towards a brick wall at 80 km/h because it might not hurt. [Do] you feel lucky?2” quote by Dave Levitan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/dave-levitan-230912_brick-wall_so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act_887777.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/dave-levitan-230912_brick-wall_so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act_887777.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/dave-levitan-230912_brick-wall_so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act_887777.jpg) > ““So anyone who says that we shouldn’t act on climate change because of uncertainty is really inviting you to ride towards a brick wall at 80 km/h because it might not hurt. \[Do\] you feel lucky?2”” [Dave Levitan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-levitan/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Denial of climate action due to uncertainty is reckless, like speeding toward a wall blindly. **In simple terms:** Uncertainty isn’t excuse for in action Key Takeaway Act on climate now Themes climate change uncertainty risk Mood urgent alarming Type Brick wall:0 Change:1 Climate:1 Climate change:1 Uncertainty:1 Feel Lucky:0 Uncertainty Really:0 Change Uncertainty:0 Act Climate:0 When to use this quote - environmental activism - public health Key Concepts policy science responsibility Questions to Reflect On - What risks do we ignore when we wait for certainty? - How can we act responsibly amid uncertainty? A Different Perspective Ignoring risk invites disaster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Act Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/act-climate-1116276/) [Brick wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brick-wall/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Change Uncertainty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change-uncertainty-1116275/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Climate change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate-change/) [Feel Lucky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel-lucky/) [Uncertainty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/uncertainty/) [Uncertainty Really](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/uncertainty-really-1116274/) ## Related quotes > [Where there is a confluence of interests among nations, as, for example the swine flu or polio, you can get well functioning international institutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/where-there-is-a-confluence-of-interests-among-nations-as-for-example/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/i-believe-that-uncertainty-is-really-my-spirit-s-way-of-whispering-i/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/never-have-your-dog-stuffed-is-really-advice-to-myself-a-reminder-to/) [Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/) > [Wherever there is change, and wherever there is uncertainty, there is opportunity!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-cuban/wherever-there-is-change-and-wherever-there-is-uncertainty-there-is/) [Mark Cuban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-cuban/) > [If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-henderson/if-we-can-recognize-that-change-and-uncertainty-are-basic-principles/) [Hazel Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-henderson/) > [“• Change and uncertainty are part of life. Our job is not to resist them but to build the capability to recover when unexpected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-catmull/change-and-uncertainty-are-part-of-life-our-job-is-not-to-resist-them/) [Ed Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-catmull/) > [What I can control and all I know as of today, I am signed up for one more year...I guess things could change, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-rivers/what-i-can-control-and-all-i-know-as-of-today-i-am-signed-up-for-one/) [Philip Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-rivers/) > [“The brick walls are there for a reason. they're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-pausch/the-brick-walls-are-there-for-a-reason-they-re-not-there-to-keep-us/) [Randy Pausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-pausch/) > [If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-simmons/if-you-don-t-break-a-hole-through-the-brick-wall-don-t-just-start/) [Russell Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-simmons/) > [I fell down the stairs of the one level mental institute.so they put me in the safe cusion room but they found a bruise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trinity-mcswain/i-fell-down-the-stairs-of-the-one-level-mental-institute-so-they-put/) [Trinity McSwain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trinity-mcswain/) > [Vladimir Putin is a smart guy. I don't like him, smart guy. He is going to advance the cause of Russia until he hits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-kinzinger/vladimir-putin-is-a-smart-guy-i-don-t-like-him-smart-guy-he-is-going/) [Adam Kinzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-kinzinger/) > [I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-coleman/i-still-have-the-desire-to-do-the-job-of-acting-it-s-just-a-matter-of/) [Gary Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-coleman/) > [I am always really buzzed after each performance, and at around one in the morning, Ill hit a brick wall and need to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hattie-morahan/i-am-always-really-buzzed-after-each-performance-and-at-around-one-in/) [Hattie Morahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hattie-morahan/) > [“How did you know it was me?” she asked. “My dear Professor, I’ve never seen a cat sit so stiffly.” “You’d be stiff if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/how-did-you-know-it-was-me-she-asked-my-dear-professor-i-ve-never/) [J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/) > [“he can see through a brick wall in time (as they say in Bree). But”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/he-can-see-through-a-brick-wall-in-time-as-they-say-in-bree-but/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) ## More Brick wall quotes > [“he can see through a brick wall in time (as they say in Bree). But”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/he-can-see-through-a-brick-wall-in-time-as-they-say-in-bree-but/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) > [“How did you know it was me?” she asked. “My dear Professor, I’ve never seen a cat sit so stiffly.” “You’d be stiff if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/how-did-you-know-it-was-me-she-asked-my-dear-professor-i-ve-never/) [J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/) > [I am always really buzzed after each performance, and at around one in the morning, Ill hit a brick wall and need to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hattie-morahan/i-am-always-really-buzzed-after-each-performance-and-at-around-one-in/) [Hattie Morahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hattie-morahan/) > [I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-coleman/i-still-have-the-desire-to-do-the-job-of-acting-it-s-just-a-matter-of/) [Gary Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-coleman/) > [Vladimir Putin is a smart guy. I don't like him, smart guy. He is going to advance the cause of Russia until he hits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-kinzinger/vladimir-putin-is-a-smart-guy-i-don-t-like-him-smart-guy-he-is-going/) [Adam Kinzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-kinzinger/) > [I fell down the stairs of the one level mental institute.so they put me in the safe cusion room but they found a bruise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trinity-mcswain/i-fell-down-the-stairs-of-the-one-level-mental-institute-so-they-put/) [Trinity McSwain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trinity-mcswain/) > [If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-simmons/if-you-don-t-break-a-hole-through-the-brick-wall-don-t-just-start/) [Russell Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-simmons/) > [“The brick walls are there for a reason. they're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-pausch/the-brick-walls-are-there-for-a-reason-they-re-not-there-to-keep-us/) [Randy Pausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-pausch/) > [“I cursed. (S-word, f-word, s-word, d-word, s-word times three, f-word, and a z-word I made up on the spot.) I kicked a brick wall.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-strand/i-cursed-s-word-f-word-s-word-d-word-s-word-times-three-f-word-and-a/) [Jeff Strand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-strand/) > [People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-aniston/people-who-avoid-the-brick-walls-all-power-to-ya-but-we-all-have-to/) [Jennifer Aniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-aniston/) > [“Shortly after this exchange my roommate suggested we start throwing water balloons at the construction workers. Not really at them because, I know, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/shortly-after-this-exchange-my-roommate-suggested-we-start-throwing/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) > [“...when you’re property-hunting and you’re running out of patience it’s easy to make bad decisions. New York in particular has a way of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-ryder-howe/when-you-re-property-hunting-and-you-re-running-out-of-patience-it-s/) [Ben Ryder Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-ryder-howe/) > [“If ants had a language they would, no doubt, call their anthill an artifact and describe the brick wall in its neighborhood as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/if-ants-had-a-language-they-would-no-doubt-call-their-anthill-an/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) > [“Martha would come over every week and check on Mia and work with her on relaxation and breathing exercises to prepare for the natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/renee-carlino/martha-would-come-over-every-week-and-check-on-mia-and-work-with-her/) [Renee Carlino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/renee-carlino/) > [“Grief is nothing but a painful waiting, a horrible patience. Grief cannot be torn down or scaled or overcome or outsmarted. It can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/grief-is-nothing-but-a-painful-waiting-a-horrible-patience-grief/) [Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/) [Browse all 253 Brick wall quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brick-wall/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So anyone who says that we shouldn’t act on climate change because of uncertainty is really inviting you to ride towards a brick wall at 80 km/h because it might not hurt. [Do] you feel lucky?2”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dave Levitan" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-levitan/so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act-on-climate-change-because-of/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Brick wall" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-levitan/so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act-on-climate-change-because-of/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/dave-levitan-230912_brick-wall_so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act_887777.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/dave-levitan-230912_brick-wall_so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act_887777.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/dave-levitan-230912_brick-wall_so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act_887777.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So anyone who says that we shouldn’t act on climate change because of uncertainty is really inviting you to…” — Dave Levitan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Dave Levitan", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-levitan/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“So anyone who says that we...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-levitan/so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act-on-climate-change-because-of/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-levitan/so-anyone-who-says-that-we-shouldn-t-act-on-climate-change-because-of/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```