“Hurricane Charley is the worst natural disaster to befall our state in a dozen years, and it is unthinkable that anyone would try to take advantage of neighbors at a time like this,.” TryingYearsStatesNaturalWorstAdvantageNeighborDisasterDozenHurricanesUnthinkableNatural Disaster Author:Charlie Crist
“I think one of the most important investments an organization like TNC (The Nature Conservancy) can make is in helping build local capacity - supporting the growth of a global network of small community-based entities. Help people who live within critical ecosystems help themselves and their neighbors to design a better future relationship between themselves and their natural resources.” PeopleThinkingImportantHelpingGrowthCommunityNaturalDesignResourcesCapacityOrganizationInvestmentCriticalNeighborLocalsEntityNatural ResourcesEcosystemsBetter FutureSmall CommunitiesFuture Relationship Author:Edward Norton
“Very many people spend money in ways quite different from those that their natural tastes would enjoin, merely because the respect of their neighbors depends upon their possession of a good car and their ability to give good dinners. As a matter of fact, any man who can obviously afford a car but genuinely prefers travels or a good library will in the end be much more respected than if he behaved exactly like everyone else.” PeopleIfsMenWayGivingDifferentEndsMatterFactsNaturalAbilityCarDependsTasteLibraryPossessionDinnerNeighborMatter Of Fact Author:Bertrand Russell
“I mean people -- people don't get -- they don't get smarter about things that get as basic as greed and you can't stand to see your neighbor getting rich. You know you're smarter than he is, and he's doing these things, you know, and he's getting rich, and your spouse is getting unhappy with you because you aren't doing -- pretty soon you start doing it. And so you get what I call the natural progression, the three Is. The innovators, the imitators, and the idiots.” PeopleKnowsMeanThreeNaturalRichGreedNeighborUnhappyIdiotSmarterSpouseProgressionGet RichInnovatorsMean PeopleImitator Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“Ill never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy.” MenMadeNaturalForgetMillionsTragedyFolksIllNeighborNever ForgetCatastropheHurricanesKatrinaHurricane Katrina Author:Cedric Richmond