“Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it’s only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.” IfsShouldHumansMayTodayActionNaturalHuman BeingsIssuesHappenedLateClimateClimate ChangeAddressesToo LateBehaviourHuman BehaviourDecisive Action Author:Ban Ki-moon
“I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.” IfsThinkingLongRunningNaturalCitiesIssuesDevelopmentEconomicsAttractiveExpensiveNeighborhoodLong RunsSmarterEvidentSeattleCity Life Author:Stone Gossard
“Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born. But whereas birth is cause for celebration, death has become a dreaded and unspeakable issue to be avoided by every means possible in our modern society. Perhaps it is that.” MeanCausesBornNaturalIssuesModernDyingBirthCelebrationAvoidedPredictableParts Of LifeModern SocietyUnspeakableVery Mean Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“We might have new issues involving information technology for example, or new questions arising out of the war on terror, or new issues arising from natural disasters that can't be anticipated.” WarMightNaturalTechnologyIssuesInformationExampleTerrorDisasterInvolvingWar On TerrorInformation TechnologyNatural Disaster Author:Cass Sunstein
“There is something beyond the natural chaos that is woman or the chaos with implied order that is man, and that's the totality. To stay as we are, is not the issue, but to awake from the dream of life.” MenDreamOrderWomenNaturalIssuesEnlightenmentChaosAwakeTotalityImplied Author:Frederick Lenz
“We find sects and parties in most branches of science; and disputes which are carried on from age to age, without being brought to an issue. Sophistry has been more effectually excluded from mathematics and natural philosophy than from other sciences. In mathematics it had no place from the beginning; mathematicians having had the wisdom to define accurately the terms they use, and to lay down, as axioms, the first principles on which their reasoning is grounded. Accordingly, we find no parties among mathematicians, and hardly any disputes.” FirstsHas BeensPhilosophyUseAgeTermNaturalPartyPrinciplesIssuesMathematicsLaysReasoningBranchesMathematicianGroundedDisputesSectsAxiomsExcludedSophistryNatural Philosophy Author:Thomas Reid
“I was lucky to wander into evolutionary theory, one of the most exciting and important of all scientific fields. I had never heard of it when I started at a rather tender age; I was simply awed by dinosaurs. I thought paleontologists spent their lives digging up bones and putting them together, never venturing beyond the momentous issue of what connects to what. Then I discovered evolutionary theory. Ever since then, the duality of natural history-richness in particularities and potential union in underlying explanation-has propelled me.” ImportantAgeTogetherNaturalIssuesHeardAtheismFieldsTheoryLuckyExcitingUnionsBonesWanderExplanationRichnessDualityDiggingDinosaursNatural History Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Meiklejohn's position is that free speech in a democracy is not an absolute flowing from the boundless source of some presumed 'natural right.' It is a practical necessity of 'self-government by universal suffrage,' for if the citizens are not permitted to argue out the issues of government, how can they be what they must be in a democracy - the rulers as well as the ruled?” IfsWellsSelfGovernmentNaturalDemocracyIssuesAtheismPositionSourceCitizensSpeechUniversalAbsolutesArguingPracticalsRulersFree SpeechBoundlessSuffrageSelf-governmentUniversal Suffrage Author:Max Lerner
“I come from a documentary background and my natural tendency, as a filmmaker, is to make a movie, if I have something to talk about. If it's not about anything that matters, I don't feel like doing it. I'm not against people who make movies just for fun, but I'm not one of those guys. I just want to provoke thinking and debating about certain issues.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFeelsMatterGuyCertainFunNaturalIssuesBackgroundsTendenciesFilmmakerProvokingDocumentariesJust For Fun Author:Jose Padilha
“The efficient use of energy is as much an issue for Saudi Arabia, with its huge natural resources, as it is for all countries. Increased efficiency makes sense environmentally, but also economically.” CountryUseEnergyNaturalBusinessIssuesHugeResourcesClimateMake SenseEfficientEfficiencyNatural ResourcesArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Ali al-Naimi
“I just always wrote songs as a side hobby. So it was sort of a natural thing to write comedy songs. But when I started writing songs, I wrote very serious songs. Or things that a 13-14 year-old would think are very serious issues.” ThinkingWritingYearsSongSidesNaturalIssuesComedySeriousHobbiesWriting SongsNatural ThingsSerious Issues Author:Kyle Dunnigan
“A … difference between most system-building in the social sciences and systems of thought and classification of the natural sciences is to be seen in their evolution. In the natural sciences both theories and descriptive systems grow by adaptation to the increasing knowledge and experience of the scientists. In the social sciences, systems often issue fully formed from the mind of one man. Then they may be much discussed if they attract attention, but progressive adaptive modification as a result of the concerted efforts of great numbers of men is rare.” IfsMenMindMaySocialGrowsNaturalDifferencesResultsNumbersEffortAttentionKnowledgeIssuesBuildingTheoryEvolutionScientistOne ManProgressiveAdaptationSocial ScienceNatural ScienceClassificationModificationKnowledge And ExperienceAdaptiveIncreasing Knowledge Author:Lawrence Joseph Henderson
“Can we disregard the growing phenomenon of "environmental refugees", people who are forced by the degradation of their natural habitat to forsake it - and often their possessions as well - in order to face the dangers and uncertainties of forced displacement? Can we remain impassive in the face of actual and potential conflicts involving access to natural resources? All these are issues with a profound impact on the exercise of human rights, such as the right to life, food, health and development.” PeopleHumansWellsFacesOrderNaturalIssuesGrowingRightsDangerDevelopmentExerciseConflictResourcesImpactProfoundEnvironmentalHuman RightsPossessionAccessUncertaintyPhenomenonSustainabilityRefugeeInvolvingDegradationDisregardNatural ResourcesForsakeHabitatRight To LifeDisplacementNatural Habitats Book:The Garden of God Source: The Garden of God
“There are so many burning issues to be dealt with that it's completely understandable and natural that a character is struggling with these issues themselves. In that struggle, you inform the audience. The thing about this writing is that it's very easy to learn. Good writing always is.” WritingCharacterEasyNaturalAudienceStruggleIssuesBurningGood Writing Author:Colm Meaney
“We, the present generation, have the responsibility to act as a trustee of the rich natural wealth for the future generations. The issue is not merely about climate change; it is about climate justice.” NaturalWealthJusticeResponsibilityIssuesRichGenerationsIndiaClimateClimate ChangeFuture GenerationTrustees Author:Narendra Modi