“I certainly had my years as an out of work actor but I was married with a baby. My wife was supporting us.” Quote by John Lithgow
“Even very smart people can try to shoehorn new information that just doesn't fit into an existing paradigm.For a long time the story that we've been telling ourselves is that humans are just another animal. We evolved from other animals and our place in the universe isn't particularly special. What I'm trying to convey in my book [The Sixth Extinction] is that we are unusual.” PeopleTryingHumansLongBookStoriesUniverseAnimalSpecialInformationFitLong TimeSmartUnusualExtinctionParadigmSmart PeopleVery SmartNew Information Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“No matter what Donald Trump says, it's clear that global warming is rapidly changing conditions on our planet.” MatterClearConditionsPlanetsTrumpNo Matter WhatGlobal WarmingOur Planet Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“The Earth is big. There are huge natural forces that have worked over geological time. But it turns out, when you look carefully at the geological time, you can't find anything like us.” LooksBigsEarthTurnsForceNaturalHugeGeological Time Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“We can't say that when x happens we get a mass extinction. To the extent we understand mass extinction, one has been caused by glaciation event, one has been caused by a massive climate change, and one has been caused by an asteroid. These events turn out to have no precedent.” Has BeensHappensTurnsEventsMassClimateClimate ChangeMassiveExtinctionPrecedentAsteroidsMass Extinction Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“If you're a conservation biologist in many fields, you're seeing your study subject disappear. People are in the position where they're chronicling radical decline, and that is not a position that conservation biologists want to be in.” PeopleIfsWantStudySeeingSubjectsFieldsPositionDisappearRadicalDeclineConservationBiologist Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“There's this idea of shifting baselines. It was coined by a guy named Jeremy Jackson. It's the idea that every generation takes what it sees, and says, "Okay, well, that's the norm."” WellsIdeasGuyGenerationsOkayNormShifting Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“I think as soon as I figured out - and this must have been incredibly young - that comic books were made by humans, rather than being natural phenomenon likes trees or rocks, I just wanted to be one of the people who did that. So I was copying all kinds of cartoons that I was reading, comic books, and eventually learned how to draw cartoon books step-by-step and just, I don't know, I'm not an especially quick learner, but I sure was a dedicated one.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHumansKindHas BeensMadeBookWantedYoungReadingNaturalStepsTreeRocksDrawsLikesAll KindsComicPhenomenonDedicatedComic BookCartoonLearnersCopyingNatural PhenomenaBeing Natural Author:Art Spiegelman
“What's called art now probably has some legitimate things happening in it, but I've become more and more distrustful of a lot of it because it seems like an extension of the fashion trade and the stock market.” ArtSeemsFashionHappeningsTradeThings HappenExtensions Author:Art Spiegelman
“When somebody wants to work and believes in something, it doesn't matter if you're well known or rich or whatever it is.” IfsWantBelieveWellsMatterKnownRichWell Known Author:Manolo Blahnik
“I don't think that there is one "authentic" element of American style to identity - it's about a sense of freedom, individuality, and embracing personal style. Fashion also has a bit of mystery, which is part of the allure, and yet anyone can partake.” ThinkingBitsMysteryFashionStyleIdentityElementsIndividualityPersonal StyleAllureFashion Style Author:Thakoon Panichgul