“I'm much more famous than I am rich, but I'm able to scale back my lifestyle. I know a lot of people who were where I was who can't imagine living any simpler, but I haven't got a lot of expensive wants.” PeopleKnowsWantAbleRichImagineHavensLifestyleScalesExpensive Author:Ali MacGraw
“Agriculture is in danger. The whole world is in danger. We need to learn to adapt. If we don't, we'll face catastrophic consequence on a scale you cannot imagine.” IfsWorldNeedsWholeFacesImagineDangerConsequenceScalesWhole WorldAgriculture Author:Cary Fowler
“...Which brings me to the Hubble Space Telescope's newest images. If it's wonder that you're looking for, and mystery, don't just scan the photographs. Stop and think about them. Try to imagine the scale. The Earth is just a speck of dust on one distant whirling tentacle of the Milky Way galaxy, which contains billions of stars. A 'collision' of galaxies seems unimaginably large - and yet it is something scientists long ago imagined... The imaginings of pseudoscience are feeble by comparison.” IfsThinkingWayTryingLongSeemsEarthStarsSpaceWonderImagineMysteryEvolutionScientistPhotographBillionsScalesDustComparisonLong AgoGalaxyTelescopesCollisionSpecksPseudoscienceMilky WayTentaclesHubbleHubble Space Telescope Author:Mark Bowden
“We've introduced the New Apollo Energy Act, which is, I think, safe to say the most comprehensive and aggressive bill that has been introduced in Congress because it does have the scale, scope, and ambition of the original Apollo Project, and it attacks the problem in every way you can imagine. There's no silver bullet here, but there are lots of opportunities.” ThinkingWayDoeHas BeensProblemOpportunityEnergyImagineSafeAmbitionProjectsOriginalsBillsCongressScalesSilverAggressiveBulletsScopeApolloComprehensiveSilver Bullets Author:Jay Inslee
“Where people aren't as deeply reliant on fossil fuel as in the United States, it's far easier for them to imagine change on this scale. When you go to Europe, they're much more ready. They use half the amount of energy per capita that we use. They can imagine using less than that. They see the benefits. They're ready to go.” PeopleStatesUseEnergyUnitedHalfUnited StatesImagineReadyAmountEasierBenefitsEuropeScalesFuelFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Bill McKibben
“Sometimes I imagine that there's a binary division going on in contemporary practice that has to do with chromatic versus diatonic. I notice that I tend to listen in a diatonic sense, that I register a pitch as a member of a diatonic scale, even in a non-tonal context.” SometimesPracticeImagineMembersScalesContemporaryDivisionImagine ThatVersusRegisterBinary Author:Paul Lansky