Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes

That a molecule of CO2 generated by burning fossil fuels will, in the course of its lifetime in the atmosphere, trap a hundred thousand times more heat than was released in producing it.

Elizabeth Kolbert

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• Fuels
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• I think it's good for anybody to learn languages. Americans are particularly limited in that way. Europeans less so... We're beginning to have Spanish move in on English in the states because of all the people coming from Hispanic countries... and we're beginning to learn some Spanish. And I think that's a good thing... Only having one language is very limiting... You get to think that's the way the human race is made; there's only one language worth speaking... Well, this isn't good for English.

  

  W. S. Merwin
  • People
  • Good
  • Way

• Human capital will go where it is wanted, and it will stay where it is well treated. It cannot be driven; it can only be attracted.

  

  Walter Wriston
  • Treated
  • Attracted
  • Human capital

• Hey, way to go. I bet our writers that no one would get that.

  

  Alex Trebek
  • Way
  • Writers
  • Bet

• In your eyes the light the heat in your eyes I am complete in your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches in your eyes the resolution of all the fruitless searches in your eyes I see the light and the heat in your eyes oh, I want to be that complete I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes

  

  Peter Gabriel Genesis
  • Song
  • Light
  • Eyes

• No matter what people say, your fans are the ones that come to watch the movie or come to your shows and that's the most important thing.

  

  Ashlee Simpson
  • People
  • Important
  • Movie

• Ridicule is not a part of the scientific method and the public should not be taught that it is

  

  J. Allen Hynek

• Ten years ago she split the air To seize what she could spy Tonight she bumps against a chair, Betrayed by milky eye. She seems to pant, Time up, time up! My little dog must die, And lie in dust with Hector's pup; I So, presently, must I.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Up
  • Time
  • She

• The key to ongoing effectiveness [in evangelism] is a perpetual freshness in your growing knowledge of Him.

  

  R. Kent Hughes
  • Knowledge
  • Growing
  • Keys

• I came back to a couple of homecoming events, like when I went into the Wall of Fame. And I have been in La Crosse for a couple of physical therapy conferences. Every time, I sneak into Mitchell Hall and look at the (championship) banner. It brings back great memories.

  

  Mary Hansen
  • Time
  • Great
  • Couple

• Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by power and by force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Power
  • Enemy
  • Mankind

• A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.

  

  William Lyon Phelps
  • Water
  • Body
  • Cat

• Nay, we must think men are not gods, Nor of them look for such observancy As fits the bridal.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Men
  • Thinking
  • Women

• I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for.

  

  Michelangelo
  • Mediocre
  • Asked For

• For men were born to pray and save: Romantic Ireland's dead and gone, It's with O'Leary in the grave.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • Men
  • Born
  • Praying

• Avoid pulpits, platforms, stages and pedestals. Keep to the hard ground. It is the only way you can judge your approximate status as a man.

  

  Antonio Machado
  • Judge
  • Status
  • Stages

• It's a complicated set of opinions that women bring to the voting booth.

  

  Eleanor Clift
  • Women
  • Opinions
  • Booth

• I just go out and sing my songs. I don't put on elaborate stage shows with ridiculous fancy dress.

  

  Amy Macdonald
  • Stage
  • Sing

• does you costume involve leather?" she'd asked. and he'd said, "Actually, yeah, it might." it really did. it involved a leather dog collar, leather pants and a leash, and the leash was held by Ysandre, who was in skintight red rubber, from neck to knee high boots. she'd topped it off with a pair of devil horns and a red tridant. she'd made Shane her dog, complete with furry dog mask. ***"Breathe," Myrnin said. "I'm not much for it myself, but i hear it's quite good for humans."***

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Good
  • She
  • High

• There is no portion of our time that is our time, and the rest God's; there is no portion of money that is our money, and the rest God's money. It is all His; He made it all, gives it all, and He has simply trusted it to us for His service. A servant has two purses, the master's and his own, but we have only one.

  

  Adolphe Monod
  • Time
  • Service
  • Purses

• That a molecule of CO2 generated by burning fossil fuels will, in the course of its lifetime in the atmosphere, trap a hundred thousand times more heat than was released in producing it.

  

  Elizabeth Kolbert
  • Atmosphere
  • Heat
  • Fuels