“The United States remains the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all of our people. And yet we are spending almost twice as much per capita. We have a massively dysfunctional health care system. And I do believe in a Medicare for all single-payer system, whether a small state like Vermont can lead the nation, which I certainly hope we will, or whether it's California or some other state.” PeopleBelieveCountryStatesCareEarthNationsUnitedUnited StatesMajorsRemainsSpendingHealth CareCaliforniaGuaranteesMedicareVermontHealth Care System Author:Hillary Clinton
“We already know enough to begin to cope with all the major problems that are now threatening human life and much of the rest of life on earth. Our crisis is not a crisis of information; it is a crisis of decision of policy and action.” KnowsHumansEnoughProblemActionEarthDecisionInformationPolicyMajorsCrisisHuman LifeThreateningMajor ProblemsRest Of Life Author:George Wald
“I think it's going to be remembered as the last major war on planet Earth, if we're lucky, if we maintain our foreign policy properly. It will be remembered as the last time major countries had to put people in the field and put them in harm's way. It may be the last of all human nature wars, which is a nice way to remember any kind of a war, as the last one.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayHumansKindMayWarCountryEarthLastsRememberNiceHuman NaturePolicyFieldsPlanetsLuckyMajorsHarmRememberedForeign PolicyLast TimePlanet Earth Author:Tom Clancy
“If you and I shall, like the believing shepherds, watch and long for His appearing, one day we, too, shall hear a music grander and sweeter even than the song of angels, when the great Composer shall transpose all the strains of earth from the minor into the major, when the wail of nature shall give way to the glad harmony of the everlasting jubilee.” IfsWayGivingBelieveLongEarthSongWatchesOne DayMajorsAngelHarmonyGladComposerMinorsStrainEverlastingAppearingShepherdsJubilee Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge
“The record of the rocks contains very little, other than bacteria and one-celled plants until, about a billion years ago, after some three billion years of invisible progress, a major breakthrough occurred. The first many-celled creatures appeared on earth.” YearsFirstsLittlesEarthThreeRecordsProgressRocksCreaturesMajorsYears AgoPlantBillionsInvisibleBreakthroughBacteria Author:Robert Jastrow
“The argument that the literal story of Genesis can qualify as science collapses on three major grounds: the creationists' need to invoke miracles in order to compress the events of the earth's history into the biblical span of a few thousand years; their unwillingness to abandon claims clearly disproved, including the assertion that all fossils are products of Noah's flood; and their reliance upon distortion, misquote, half-quote, and citation out of context to characterize the ideas of their opponents.” NeedsYearsIdeasStoriesEarthReligionOrderThreeHalfAtheismEventsProductsThousandMajorsArgumentMiracleClaimsIncludingOpponentsAbandonCollapseBiblicalFloodThousand YearsFossilsRelianceLiteralAssertionGenesisDistortionInvokeOf ContextCitations Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“They talk about class warfare -- the fact of the matter is there has been class warfare for the last thirty years. It's a handful of billionaires taking on the entire middle-class and working-class of this country. And the result is you now have in America the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on Earth and the worst inequality in America since 1928. How could anybody defend the top 400 richest people in this country owning more wealth than the bottom half of America, 150 million people?” PeopleYearsHas BeensCountryMatterFactsEarthLastsAmericaWealthResultsHalfClassMillionsMiddleWorstMajorsBottomIncomeInequalityThirtyMiddle ClassWarfareWorking ClassDistributionHandfulBillionaireThirty YearsClass WarfareDistribution Of Wealth Author:Bernie Sanders
“George Jones has been a major part of my personal and professional life for a long time. I have been inspired by his music for the last 50 years and for 42 of those, I had the pleasure of knowing him personally and professionally. He was IT to me. George was and will always be my guy. I am luckier than a lot of people on this Earth because God let me be a part of George's life and him a part of mine. And on this day, his song couldn't be more true: 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'” PeopleYearsLongHas BeensTodayEarthLastsGuySongPleasureKnowingMinesMajorsLong TimeLet MeInspiredThis DayProfessional LifeGeorge JonesPersonal And Professional Life Author:Sammy Kershaw
“Ko Un's poems evoke the open creativity and fluidity of nature, and funny turns and twists of Mind. Mind is sometimes registered in Buddhist terms - Buddhist practice being part of Ko Un's background. Ko Un writes spare, short-line lyrics direct to the point, but often intricate in both wit and meaning. Ko Un has now traveled worldwide and is not only a major spokesman for all Korean culture, but a voice for Planet Earth Watershed as well.” WritingMindWellsSometimesEarthTurnsCultureVoiceTermLinesCreativityPracticePlanetsMajorsDirectWitBackgroundsBuddhistSparesTraveledTwistsKoreanEvokePlanet EarthIntricateFluidityWatersheds Author:Gary Snyder
“We are the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right and yet we end up spending much more than they do, so I do believe that we have to move toward a Medicare for all, single-payer system.” PeopleBelieveEndsCountryCareEarthMovingHealthMajorsSpendingHealth CareGuaranteesMedicare Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'm not sure if that answers the question and I have absolutely no problem with any major world religion on Earth.” IfsWorldProblemEarthAnswersMajorsNot SureNo ProblemWorld Religions Author:John Hodgman
“Is there some magic wand they can wave on it and presto! - physics is overturned and carbon dioxide doesn't trap heat anymore? And when we see all these things happening on the Earth itself, what in the hell do they think is causing it? The scientists have long held that the evidence in their considered word is "unequivocal," which has been endorsed by every national academy of science in every major country in the entire world.” ThinkingWorldLongHas BeensCountryEarthHellMagicMajorsHappeningsEvidenceScientistWavePhysicsThings HappenHeatTrapsCarbonAcademyWandsCarbon DioxideMagic WandsUnequivocal Author:Al Gore
“Even so, the major feeling and thought that I'd like them to keep in mind is the aesthetic ability of such a film to express the need for everyone to take part in the protection and preservation of humankind and the Earth.” NeedsMindFeelingsEarthFilmAbilityMajorsProtectionAestheticHumankindPreservation Author:Martine Epoque
“When the media worries about what Hillary’s hair looks like or what my hair looks like, that’s a real problem. We have millions of people who are struggling to keep their heads above water, who want to know what candidates can do to improve their lives, and the media will very often spend more time worrying about hair than the fact that we’re the only major country on earth that doesn’t guarantee health care to all people.” PeopleKnowsWantLooksRealCountryFactsProblemCareEarthWaterCan DoMillionsWorryStruggleMediaHairMajorsHealth CareCandidatesGuaranteesMore TimeReal Problems Author:Bernie Sanders
“I wanna end the international embarrassment of the United States of America being the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege.” PeopleWantEndsCountryStatesCareEarthAmericaUnitedUnited StatesMajorsInternationalPrivilegeHealth CareGuaranteesUnited States Of AmericaEmbarrassment Author:Bernie Sanders
“In the United States today we have the most unequal wealth and income distribution of any major country on earth - worse than at any time since the 1920s. This is an economy that must be changed in fundamental ways.” WayCountryStatesTodayEarthWealthUnitedUnited StatesEconomyChangedMajorsFundamentalsIncomeDistributionIncome Distribution Author:Bernie Sanders
“You could argue that [the decline of public schools] is one of the major disasters in our lifetimes. We took one of the greatest successes in the history of the earth and turned it into one of the greatest disasters in the history of the earth.” SchoolEarthMajorsLifetimeArguingDisasterDeclinePublic SchoolGreatest Success Author:Charlie Munger
“We had some major successes and we did so because the country embraced the spirit of Earth Day and embraced this concept that we have to have forward-looking, visionary environmental policy and energy policy in this country.” CountryEarthSpiritEnergyPolicyMajorsConceptsEnvironmentalVisionariesEarth DayRenewable EnergyEnergy PolicyWorld Earth DayEnvironmental Policy Author:Jay Inslee
“If there was a war, a big war, a major war on the planet, it would be a nuclear war, and it would destroy all life, human and subhuman, on planet earth.” IfsHumansWarBigsWould BeEarthPlanetsMajorsNuclearPlanet EarthNuclear War Author:Benjamin Creme
“If we return abruptly to a Miocene-like climate, it's reasonable to think that we would experience a lot of extinctions, and maybe even a mass extinction in the long term. Would the life on Earth be radically different? Of course we can't say for sure, but I think a lot of it would look familiar. Like a lot of people, I worry a lot about whether marine mammals would survive, especially whales. Ocean acidification is one of the major killers in climate change events, and that makes the ocean a very inhospitable place.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksLongDifferentEarthCoursesTermWorryEventsReturnOceanMajorsMassClimateClimate ChangeFamiliarLong TermReasonableKillersMarineExtinctionWhalesMammalsMass ExtinctionOcean Acidification Author:Annalee Newitz
“Every major country on earth, whether it's the U.K., whether it's France, whether it's Canada, has managed to provide healthcare to all people as a right and they are spending significantly less per capita on health care than we are. So I do not accept the belief that the United States of America can't do that.” PeopleCountryStatesCareEarthAmericaBeliefUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesMajorsSpendingFranceHealth CareCanadaHealthcareUnited States Of America Author:Bernie Sanders
“The reality is that we have one of lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth because so many people have given up on the political process. The reality is that there has been trillions of dollars of wealth going from the middle class in the last 30 years to the top 1/10th of 1 percent.” PeopleYearsHas BeensCountryRealityEarthLastsPoliticalGivenProcessWealthClassMiddleMajorsPercentDollarsMiddle ClassVotersLowestGiven UpVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders
“If we do our homework right, never again should an asteroid that can do damage on the ground impact the Earth. We're living in a time-with our technology-we have the capability to eliminate that major shaper of evolution . . . the evolution of life on this planet.” IfsShouldEarthCan DoTechnologyPlanetsEvolutionFutureMajorsImpactDamageCapabilityPredictionsHomeworkAsteroidsEvolution Of Life Author:Rusty Schweickart
“The United States has got to join the rest of the industrialized world in making sure that working families of the middle class have benefits that they absolutely need. We are the only major country on Earth that does not guarantee health care to all people as a right. We are the only major country on Earth that does not provide paid family and medical leave. There are many countries around the world which make sure that public colleges and universities are tuition-free. In our country, it's becoming increasingly difficult to afford to go to college.” PeopleWorldNeedsDoeCountryStatesCareEarthDifficultUnitedClassUnited StatesMiddleCollegeBecomingBenefitsMajorsPaidUniversityMedicalOur CountryAround The WorldHealth CareGuaranteesMiddle ClassTuitionColleges And Universities Author:Bernie Sanders
“Every American has got to recognize, we are the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people. We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs because the pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry is out of control ripping us off.” PeopleWorldCountryCareEarthPayIndustryDrugMajorsHighestHealth CareGuaranteesPrescriptionsPharmaceuticalPrescription DrugsPharmacyPharmaceutical Industry Author:John Lewis
“Bernie Sanders did not wake up last night with this great idea that we should guarantee health care to all people as a right. Actually, it exists in every other major country on earth. You don't know that, because the media has forgotten to tell you that. But it does exist. In Denmark, because of union negotiations, the minimum wage is about $20 an hour. In Germany, you go to college tuition-free. In Finland, they actually pay you to go to college. Now, you don't know that in America because CBS forgot to tell you. But that is the reality.” PeopleKnowsShouldDoeIdeasCountryRealityCareEarthLastsAmericaNightHoursPayMediaCollegeMajorsWake UpUnionsForgottenHealth CareGermanyGuaranteesMinimumNegotiationLast NightGreat IdeaMinimum WageDenmarkTuitionFinlandCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders
“You'll always see me doing things that I have no business doing. Whether it's directing a major motion picture or meeting with the most important people in government and dealing with the biggest subjects on Earth. The story of the millennia. These are things I aspire to tackle. It doesn't mean I'm going to win on all of them, but God damn, it looks like I've got a pretty good shot at it.” PeopleLooksMeanImportantStoriesGovernmentEarthWinningSubjectsMajorsShotsMeetingsDamnAspireMotion Pictures Author:Tom DeLonge
“Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.” MenHumansFeelingsEarthFacesForceWealthRecordsWrittenSkyPhotographyMajorsPhotographerPhotographConfusionExplainingPhotography By PhotographersHuman FacesGreat PhotographyEarth And SkyCamera And PhotographyBeauty Of The EarthInherited WealthColor Photography Author:Edward Steichen