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
Quotes to Explore
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
The key to ongoing effectiveness [in evangelism] is a perpetual freshness in your growing knowledge of Him.
R. Kent Hughes
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
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
A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.
William Lyon Phelps
Nay, we must think men are not gods,
Nor of them look for such observancy
As fits the bridal.
William Shakespeare
I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for.
Michelangelo
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
Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.
Bill Gates
There are two things. There was the moral responsibility, and that, first, is creating an atmosphere where the security forces can kill with impunity, where they can turn up at a place, shoot seven people - really at point-blank fashions - and then get away with it and be, in fact, promoted. And then there is the actual responsibility, the governmental responsibility. My aunt's government forbade us, initially, from filing a police report - which is every Pakistani citizen's right under the law.
Fatima Bhutto
The politician's prayer is: May my words be ever soft and low, for I may have to eat them.
Norman Lamont
The question has been asked, 'What is a woman?' A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman is a dreamer. A woman is a planner. A woman is a maker, and a molder. A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman builds bridges. A woman makes children and makes cars. A woman writes poetry and songs. A woman is a person who makes choices.
Eleanor Holmes Norton
