“I have done business in China for 25 years, so I know that in order to get China to cooperate with us, we must first actually retaliate against their cyber-attacks so they know we're serious. We have to push back on their desire to control the trade route through the South China Sea through which flows $5 trillion worth of goods and services every year.” KnowsYearsFirstsDoneDesireOrderSeaSeriousFlowTradeSouthChinaGoodsRoutesCyberGoods And ServicesCyber Attacks Author:Carly Fiorina
“We need a firm cap on carbon emissions from fossil fuels. No coal, oil, or gas could enter the economy until the buyer had a permit. All permits would be auctioned by the federal government, and the number of permits auctioned would be decreased by three percent per year. Permits could be traded, but they could not be created out of whole cloth by companies that plant forests or dump iron filings at sea.” NeedsYearsWholeGovernmentWould BeThreeNumbersCompanyEconomySeaPercentPlantOilForestsFirmFuelGasIronPermitCarbonFederal GovernmentCoalFossilsCapsFossil FuelEmissionsDumpBuyersFilingCarbon Emissions Author:Denis Hayes
“I think we have started accelerating over the past years. It's a modernization of NATO. It's at air, it's at sea, it's undersea, it's in cyber. Estonia in 2007, hit by Russian cyber-attacks. So what you see there with those exercises are critical.” ThinkingYearsPastAirSeaExerciseCriticalOver The PastNatoCyberModernizationEstoniaCyber AttacksUndersea Author:Michael Leiter
“As far as I know, Russians are the first among tourists going to Turkey; last year three million Russians visited that country, although its climate zone is almost the same as the one of the Black sea region. Therefore, we have had an important task to develop an infrastructure in this region of the Russian Federation.” KnowsYearsFirstsImportantCountryLastsThreeBlackMillionsSeaTasksClimateZoneRegionsLast YearInfrastructureTurkeysTouristsFederation Author:Vladimir Putin
“The most recent science including from Jim Hansen, the foremost climate scientist, suggests that we could see as much as, according to his study, meters' worth [of sea-level rise] - that is nine, 12, 15 and more - as soon as 50 years from his study.” YearsLevelsStudySeaScientistClimateIncludingNineMeterSea Level Rise Author:Jill Stein
“Every [Alaskan] has witnessed climate change over the past fifty years. Our winters are warmer, our summers are longer, and our Arctic Village shores, once protected by sea ice are eroding.” YearsPastSeaSummerClimateWinterClimate ChangeIceFiftyVillageShoreProtectedOver The PastArcticAlaskans Author:Ray Metcalfe
“Certainly, packets of sea ice, in say the Arctic, which have failed to fully reform in the last couple of years.” YearsLastsSeaCoupleIceReformArctic Author:Bill McKibben
“One of my favorite places is the Maldives, an all-Muslim nation in the Indian Ocean with a culture that stretches back 5,000 years. But since the highest point in the archipelago is a meter or two above sea level, even the next hundred are not guaranteed. They've committed to becoming the first carbon-neutral nation on Earth by 2020, building windmills as fast as they can.” YearsFirstsTwoEarthCultureNextNationsLevelsSeaBuildingBecomingOceanHighestHundredMy FavoriteCommittedIndianCarbonMeterFavorite PlacesWindmillsMaldives Author:Bill McKibben
“[Out To Sea] began a relationship I had with [director] Martha Coolidge for a few years that was wonderful, and she certainly cast me in the best roles I've ever had in film.” YearsFilmRolesWonderfulSeaDirectorsCasts Author:Brent Spiner
“Frank Moore Cross is also a leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, which he's been since they were discovered more than 50 years ago. He's just completing an edition of one of the most significant scrolls for Biblical studies, the Book of Samuel from the Dead Sea Scrolls.” YearsBookStudySeaYears AgoCrossesSignificantScholarFrankBiblicalCompleting Author:Hershel Shanks
“Most of us have made the mistake that after they crossed the Red Sea they spent 40 years in the wilderness fighting amongst each other.” YearsMadeFightingMistakeSeaRedWildernessRed Sea Author:Desmond Tutu
“What's the purpose of NATO? Well actually we have an official answer. It isn't publicized much, but a couple of years ago, the secretary-general of NATO made a formal statement explaining the purpose of NATO in the post-Cold War world is to control global energy systems, pipelines, and sea lanes. That means it's a global system and of course he didn't say it, it's an intervention force under US command, as we've seen in case after case. So that's NATO.” WorldYearsWellsMeanMadeWarPurposeCoursesEnergyForceAnswersCasesSeaColdCoupleYears AgoStatementsCommandPostsOfficialsSecretaryCold WarFormalInterventionExplainingLanesNatoPipeline Author:Noam Chomsky
“What I remember thinking at that point, having gone through both the ups and downs of my first four years, and seeing the sea of people was, "What a remarkable country this is and how lucky am I that we live in a place where the son of a single mom, not born into any kind of fame or fortune, in a pretty remote state somehow can end up be in a position to - to make a difference."” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsKindEndsCountryStatesRememberBornDifferencesGoneFourSeeingSeaPositionSonMomFameLuckyFortuneMaking A DifferenceRemarkableFour YearsUps & DownsSingle Mom Author:Barack Obama
“We need the science to continue. The heat, the storms, the sea level rise, the Arctic melting. These are all real facts that over time will sink in. The question is, will that be two years, or five years or 10 years?” NeedsYearsTwoRealFactsLevelsFiveSeaStormHeatFive YearsTwo YearsMeltingArcticSea Level Rise Author:Jerry Brown
“The prediction that glaciers will be gone from Glacier National Park has been moved up by 10 years to 2020, the same year it's predicted the Arctic Sea will be ice-free in the summer.” YearsHas BeensGoneSeaSummerMovedIceParksPredictionsArcticNational ParksGlaciers Author:Bill Kurtis
“If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years.” IfsYearsHeavenSeaOceanCompareBudgetsFundNasaAnnualsOcean Exploration Author:Robert Ballard
“My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers.” KnowsYearsLittlesDreamHouseLeaderSeaMankindNeededCitizensMajorsOrdinaryFencePalacesSuperpowerOrdinary CitizensPicket Fences Author:Imelda Marcos
“Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.” IfsKnowsYearsMadeWould BeNightSufferingOrderSeaFancyStayingWornBoastEmperorPortWorn OutHoratio Author:Horatio Nelson
“It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.” MenYearsTwoFriendshipKnownSeaTwentiesRememberedSailorGreat FriendBreeders Book:Mrs. Falchion Source: Mrs. Falchion
“God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He may be pleased to save us to the end. But we must do our part.” YearsMayHas BeensWarEndsSeaPraying Author:Eamon de Valera
“Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.” YearsHumorFunnyLastsLinesSeaRiversCaughtFishesBoatLakesFishingLast YearFishermanFly FishingAnglingFish TanksCatching Fish Author:Steven Wright
“1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for hundreds of years before that. 1492 was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.” PeopleYearsChildrenTruthAmericaJoySeaTaughtPrideContinentsCheatImaginativePirateNorth America Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“One of the guys that used to run it - for some reason I've no idea why he used to call me the Sea Monster and I was just looking around for a name and thought that'll do. That lasted for a couple of years probably.” YearsIdeasReasonRunningUsedGuyNamesSeaCoupleMonstersNo IdeaCall Me Author:Jo Brand
“A kiss about apple pie a la mode with the vanilla creaminess melting in the pie heat. A kiss about chocolate, when you haven't eaten chocolate in a year. A kiss about palm trees speeding by, trailing pink clouds when you drive down the Strip sizzling with champagne. A kiss about spotlights fanning the sky and the swollen sea spilling like tears all over your legs.” YearsTreeSeaSkyHavensTearsKissingCloudsLegsHeatApplesChocolatePiePalmsMeltingChampagneSpotlightVanillaSpeedingSwollenSpillingPalm TreesApple PieSizzling Book:Weetzie Bat Source: Weetzie Bat
“One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices I sometimes hear a moment before sleep, that I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six.” YearsI CanSometimesMomentsRememberNightSoundVoiceSleepSeaSixTownsCornersTwelve Author:Dylan Thomas
“Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship. Now I wait for Henry. He vanishes unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each moment that I wait feels like a year, an eternity. Each moment is as slow and transparent as glass. Through each moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting. Why has he gone where I cannot follow?” MenFeelsYearsLongI CanMomentsWaitingWaterGoneSeaStandingEternityInfiniteGlassesEdgesTinyShipsHorizonWarningLong AgoTransparentWait For HimScanningStanding On The Edge Book:The Time Traveler's Wife Source: The Time Traveler's Wife