“Little things
over time
make big differences,
as true for depletion as it is
for progress.”
“Since the early seventeenth century we’ve been fervently digging up this buried ancient carbon that cook tens of millions of years for the Earth to slowly stockpile, and we burned a great deal of it in just a few centuries. While there are concerns over peak oil and the diminishing supply of crude, there is plenty of accessible coal still underground – certainly another few centuries’ worth at current consumption rates. In this sense, then, we’re not currently facing another energy crisis but a climate crisis, born as a result of our past solution to our energy hunger”
Source: Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
“The carbon dioxide released by the combustion of fossil fuels has been rapidly increasing its level in the atmosphere, which is now 45 per cent higher that prior to the Industrial Revolution.”
Source: Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
“T’aint’ no use to look for public sperit ‘less you’ve got some yourself.”
Source: Novels and Stories: Deephaven / A Country Doctor / The Country of the Pointed Firs / Dunnet Landing Stories / Selected Stories and Sketches
“Does giving your piece of mind, bring a peace of mind? Or is it better to be silent and let the war inside subside?”
“When things go bad, never ask, why me? Because the answer is always the same. Why not you?”
Source: A Police Action
“Healing is about choices—choices to treat or not to treat, to
choose one type of intervention over another, or to choose one
method of treatment in conjunction with another. One choice does not eliminate all other possibilities.
You can choose and choose again. The most important
choice is the decision to heal; all else follows.”
Source: Choosing Energy Therapy: A Practical Guide to Healing Options for People and Animals
“Policy making invariably involves taking measured risks in the face of uncertainty, for one has neither a prior template nor the luxury of indecision.”
Source: I Do What I Do
“... I came to realise how important it is to maintain a distinction between science and policy. If scientists start making policy, we invite politicians to start making science. By instead empowering politicians with the information to make informed decisions, we create more forceful advocates for the results of our collaboration.”
Source: The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us and What We Can Do about Them
“We could write a completely new manual incorporating all our new policies and spelling out the emerging philosophy behind them. Or we could do away with the old manual and not just replace it. That way we would force people to make decisions based on common sense…We tried to write new rules. We really did. But at every turn we found ourselves wading into a swamp of minutiae.”
Source: Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace