“With our abundance of wind, solar, and geothermal energy, Nevada has been a leader in moving away from carbon emissions and embracing a clean energy economy that has created good-paying jobs in our state that can't be shipped overseas.” Has BeensStatesJobsMovingEnergyLeaderEconomyWindCleanAbundanceCarbonEmissionsClean EnergyMoving AwayNevadaCarbon EmissionsGeothermalGeothermal Energy Author:Catherine Cortez Masto
“I like girls who like the countryside, put on walking boots and can bend with the wind a bit. If you're going to live with me, you need to be able to embrace the countryside and wet dogs.” IfsNeedsAbleGirlBitsDogWindWalkingEmbraceBootsWetCountrysideWet Dogs Author:Jay Kay
“There's a difference between watching a chef show, which doesn't feel like a reality show compared to the Housewives. Those shows can, I think, not only lower your IQ, but really just knock the wind out of you, because we're all here in this business.” ThinkingFeelsShowsRealityDifferencesWindChefHousewifeReality Shows Author:Chelsea Handler
“It is a blessing. When I first got wind of [Chris Rivers] taking the rap thing serious and wanting to make a career out of it.” FirstsCareersSeriousWindBlessingRiversRap Author:Tony Sunshine
“All the way from the first thing that I can remember, like our Victrola - a wind-up record player - and my grandfather's crystal radio, and my father's shortwave radio.” WayFirstsI CanRememberFatherRecordsPlayerWindRadioGrandfatherCrystalsMy GrandfatherRecord Players Author:Pauline Oliveros
“It is worth noting that virtually every alternative energy source we have - solar, wind, nuclear, and battery and fuel cell technologies for storage - resulted from public innovation and R&D, not private. The problem is that we haven't done enough of it, and we have done it inconsistently.” DoneEnoughProblemEnergyTechnologyHavensWindSourceInnovationNuclearCellsAlternativesFuelBatteriesStorageEnergy SourcesAlternative EnergyFuel Cells Author:Ted Nordhaus
“The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read it and wanted to create a whole world out of words, too.” WorldWantFirstsMadeBookWholeWantedGoneWindWhole World Author:Jodi Picoult
“I think that's probably the most devastating thing - when someone who is larger than life winds up a shadow of themselves in a hospital bed.” ThinkingWindBedShadowHospitalsLarger Than Life Author:Jodi Picoult
“I think the world on the other side of fossil fuel is more local - the logic of sun and wind is diffuse and spread out, not concentrated like the logic of coal and oil.” ThinkingWorldSidesSunWindLogicSpreadOilLocalsFuelCoalFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Bill McKibben
“Sometimes I see where I want to take the song and wind up at the end and come back to the beginning. I don't miss nothing and everything is good. Everything I thought of is incorporated in it.” WantEndsSometimesSongMissingWind Author:Rakim
“Typically with HBO shows, the ninth episode often winds up being a big one and when lots of exciting stuff happens. And then the tenth one is the more placid, character-based one.” CharacterShowsBigsHappensStuffWindExcitingEpisodesHboPlacidStuff Happens Author:Jonathan Nolan
“Musically, some of the acts that I've really been identifying with are: Fleetwood Mac, Roxy Music, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Earth, Wind & Fire, in general music that seems to have a lot of romance to it and a certain glamorous idealism.” SeemsEarthRomanceCertainFireWindIdealismGlamorousMacsIdentifyingFleetwood Mac Author:St. Lucia
“Once you're in a kind of revealed religious tradition, you wind up having to explain how the things said about God in the Bible or the Qur'an or whatever religious text you're dealing with, why these statements are true.” KindSaidReligiousWindTraditionStatementsReligious TraditionsReligious Texts Author:Peter Adamson
“Everything was meant to wind people up [in Make It Big ]. I don't know why we had this great pleasure in winding people up, but we really did think they would get the joke. And it backfired on us.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBigsPleasureWindJokes Author:George Michael
“We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.” IfsFightingWindRight NowPersistFighting Back Author:Jesse Jackson
“My next guest [ for party with five favorite fictional characters] would be Scarlett from Gone With The Wind. I mean, come on, I have to know if she ever got Rhett back.” IfsKnowsMeanCharacterWould BeNextPartyGoneFiveWindGuestsFictional Character Author:Megan Chance
“Cuba is actually one where I am more optimistic because of the unique nature of Cuba - 90 miles off our shore with a massive ex-patriot population, now Cuban-American population that still have deep links to the island. There I am more confident that over time that the winds of commerce and telecommunication and travel start shifting the nature of that regime. But that's a small country which has almost a unique relationship to us.” StillsCountryWindUniquePopulationMilesOptimisticIslandsMassiveLinksShoreRegimesCommercePatriotExesShiftingCubaCubanSmall CountriesUnique Nature Author:Barack Obama
“My guess is that liberating the fossil fuel industry to frack anywhere they want will drive down the rate at which we're converting to sun and wind. And it's entirely a rate problem at this point.” WantProblemSunWindIndustryRateFuelFossilsLiberatingFossil FuelConverting Author:Bill McKibben
“I think that's what's - one of the things that is alarming to me is [Donald] Trump, and I think Trump supporters seem to believe, he won, huge upset, full credit to him, and has got the wind at his back. And Republicans on The Hill do want him to succeed, obviously, and they're deferring to him more than they deep down in private sort of wish - want to, but they are going to defer to him publicly for awhile. But I think that is going to run out faster than people think.” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveSeemsRunningWishWindHugeTrumpRepublicanSucceedCreditHillsFasterUpsetSupporterDeep DownWant Him Author:William Kristol
“Fish from all over the world, from deep in the sea, wind up in countries from Germany to Japan. That is just crazy.” WorldCountrySeaCrazyWindFishesGermanyJapan Author:Sylvia Earle
“We achieved a deal with the Russians that didn't wind up in two days of strikes that would have sent a, quote, "message," but would not have removed the weapons. We struck a deal to get all of the declared weapons out of Syria. Never before in a conflict has that ever happened, that during the conflict weapons of mass destruction are taken out of the zone of conflict. And thank God we did that, because if we hadn't done that, today ISIL would have those chemical weapons in large parts of the country.” IfsTwoCountryDoneTodayDealsTakenHappenedWindConflictMessagesWeaponsMassDestructionStrikesZoneChemicalsThank GodSyriaWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionTwo DaysChemical WeaponsIsil Author:John F. Kerry
“Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.” WinningWindShaving Author:Jack Kemp
“Stephen Hawking won [Babson Institute competition ] one year with his black hole stuff. It's keeping an open mind on whether gravity exists or not. I think my father believed this because ... when the wind blew on him, he'd get angry, because it was something he couldn't control.” ThinkingYearsMindFatherStuffBlackWindAngryCompetitionHolesGravityOpen MindInstituteBlack HoleKeep An Open Mind Author:Paul Laffoley
“The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.” MeanLawPoliticalDecisionDemocracyJudgingWindIndependentRule Of LawJudiciaryBedrockIndependent Judiciary Author:Caroline Kennedy
“Teenagers falling off skateboards - funny. Nut shots - funny. Breaking wind - funny. The world cannot change those. Those three things are columns upon which humor is built.” WorldFallThreeWindShotsBuiltTeenagerNutsThree ThingsColumnsFalling Off Author:John Oliver
“I want my gay life to not wind up on the streets-on Second Avenue. But at the same time, I don't care if it does.” IfsWantDoeCareStreetsWindGayDon't CareI Don't CareAvenuesGay Life Author:Jack Pierson
“God made the forests, the tiny stars, and the wild winds-and I think that he made them partly as a balance for that kind of civilization that would choke the spirit of joy out of our hearts. He made the great open places for the people who want to be alone with him and talk to him, away from the crowds that kill all reverence. And I think that he is glad at times to have us forget our cares and responsibilities that we may be nearer him-as Jesus was when he crept away into the wilderness to pray.” PeopleThinkingWantHeartKindMayMadeCareJoySpiritJesusStarsForgetResponsibilityWindPrayingBalanceCivilizationCrowdsTinyGladForestsWildernessReverenceChokeWants To Be Alone Author:Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
“The thing about the summit region of Mount Washington, it can have areas that are flat and rolling. In those conditions, it's very difficult not to become disoriented, because it's not like you're on a face where you know what's up and what's down. You're on a flat surface. Every direction is the same in a white-out condition. And with wind speeds constantly changing direction, within a minute you have no idea where you are.” KnowsIdeasFacesDifficultWhiteMinutesConditionsWindLike YouAreasSurfaceSpeedNo IdeaRegionsFlatsWhere You AreRollingSummit Author:Hugh Herr
“As a breath of wind or some echo rebounds from smooth, hard surfaces and returns to the source from which it issued, so the stream of beauty passes back into its possessor through his eyes, which is its natural route to the soul; arriving there and setting him all aflutter, it waters the passages of the feathers and causes the wings to grow, and fills the soul of the loved one in his turn with love.” SoulHardEyeTurnsGrowsCausesWaterNaturalWindSourceReturnBreathsWingsSurfaceSettingSettingsStreamsHis EyesPassagesLoved OnesEchoesSmoothRoutesFeathersArrivingRebound Author:Plato
“Sometimes storms come through with wind and blow the features off or sometimes they come in heavy and grow the features to the point where we have to shovel them off again. Leading up to the window for our event we try to get everything lined up and safe for the riders.” TryingSometimesGrowsEventsWindSafeWindowBlowHeavyStormFeaturesRidersShovels Author:Travis Rice
“I met [ Samuel L. Jackson ] for the first time on The Today Show. He came out of an elevator. I was promoting A Mighty Wind and he was promoting something else. He said, "I hear we're going to be working together." I said, "On what?" He said, 'The Man.' I hadn't heard his name mentioned before. I made a few calls and found out he had the script and was interested. That was it.” MenFirstsMadeSaidShowsTodayTogetherFoundNamesHeardHe ManWindMetsFirst TimeScriptsWorking TogetherPromotingElevatorsMighty WindSamuel L Jackson Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“The first thing to recognize is how fortunate Ireland is to be an island off the west coast of Europe, and therefore helped by the prevailing winds to escape the effects of acid rain and other problems. We were also lucky not to have had the same kind of industrial revolution and industry as some other countries. Our problem now is to create employment, but to do it in ways that value our environment.” WayFirstsKindCountryProblemValuesEnvironmentEffectsWindRevolutionIndustryLuckyEuropeRainWestEmploymentFortunateIslandsIrelandOther CountriesCoastOur EnvironmentAcidPrevailingSo LuckyIndustrial RevolutionWest CoastAcid Rain Author:Mary Robinson
“Obviously cheap sentimentality isn't something any good novelist wants to traffic in, but I think it's a problem if you consider it to be the most egregious of all creative sins. I think it's a problem if you consider it the thing to be avoided at all cost. I think it's a problem of you're not willing to risk the consequences of that kind of emotionalism under any circumstances. Then you wind up in the cul-de-sac of irony.” IfsThinkingWantKindProblemSinCreativeRiskWillingWindCircumstancesCostConsequenceIronyNovelistsTrafficAvoidedSentimentality Author:Steve Erickson
“When the wind blows across the various continents, it does not bring with it the nationalities of the countries through which it passes. So likewise with Life.” DoeCountryWindBlowVariousContinentsNationality Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“If I'm reading about a river or the trees or the wind blowing or the stars at night, if you can hear that in the music in some way, you've wedded the two and your imagination takes off. To be able to hear that in music is really important.” IfsWayTwoImportantAbleNightReadingStarsImaginationTreeWindMusic IsRiversWind Blowing Author:Julie Andrews
“If I can do anything in this time of my career, I want to make it easier for other actresses and girls who are growing up to go, 'I get to be a part of a comedy or an action film or a romantic comedy or a thriller or just a romance, without having to wind up with someone to complete us.' I complete me. I just got lucky that, after I completed myself, I met someone who could tolerate me.” IfsWantI CanActionFilmRomanceGirlCan DoCareersGrowing UpComedyGrowingWindEasierMetsLuckyActressesTolerateThrillersAction FilmsComplete Me Author:Sandra Bullock
“I can't imagine how you can find the discipline to be emotionally detached reporting on a revolution, the winds of which are blowing right down the hallways of the publication you work for. That's like an orthopedic surgeon trying to perform arthroscopic surgery on their own knee. It's possible, but it's hard to see through all the pain.” TryingI CanHardPainImagineWindRevolutionDisciplineKneesSurgerySurgeonsPublicationDetachedHallwaysOrthopedics Author:Paul Saffo
“I believe we are deluded about alternative energy. The key is, whatever we do, we're going to have to do on a very modest scale. It's all about scale. We're not going to build giant wind farms with Godzilla-sized turbines all over the place. That's a fantasy.” BelieveEnergyI BelieveFantasyWindKeysScalesAlternativesGiantsFarmsModestDeludedGodzillaAlternative EnergyTurbinesWind Farms Author:James Howard Kunstler
“We could do some household and neighborhood or town wind energy. But even this will run up eventually against the problem of needing an underlying fossil fuel economy to fabricate the hardware. Same with photovoltaic (solar) energy. We're going to be disappointed by what these things can do for us.” ProblemRunningEnergyCan DoEconomyWindTownsFuelNeighborhoodDisappointedHouseholdFossilsFossil FuelHardwareSolar EnergyFabricateWind EnergyFuel Economy Author:James Howard Kunstler
“If you think that we've overregulated in the environmental space what I can show you is that we have tripled the amount of wind power in this country, increased by tenfold the amount of solar power. We are producing as much oil and gas as we've ever produced.” IfsThinkingI CanCountryShowsSpaceWindAmountEnvironmentalOilGasOil And GasSolar PowerWind Power Author:Barack Obama
“I basically don't think that the way we do things is that dependent on one resource, such as oil. There can be different kinds of engines for cars. I think that solar heating, wind heating can substitute for a lot of uses for oil. I'd like to see those things happen because they are more sustainable in any case. But I do not think that running out of oil is not going to bother us that much. I think we have got to be rescued by something or we really are going down a slippery slope.” ThinkingWayKindDifferentUseHappensRunningCasesCarWindResourcesOilThings HappenBotherDependentSubstitutesEnginesDifferent KindsSlipperySlopesHeatingSlippery Slope Author:Jane Jacobs
“I'm definitely excited by big ideas, both in what I write and what I read. Most days, reality is so mind-numbingly dull that I don't understand why someone would write strictly realistic stories, given the almost limitless freedom fiction provides. I don't see the point of making believe if you're not going to actually make believe: hang your ass out in the wind, push at every boundary, make almost unreasonable demands on your reader's willingness to suspend disbelief. This is dangerous, and prone to failure, but that's part of what makes it fun.” IfsWritingMindBelieveIdeasStoriesBigsRealityGivenFunFictionDangerousWindReaderDemandExcitedBoundariesAssDullWillingnessRealisticLimitlessDisbeliefUnreasonableMake BelieveBig Ideas Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“We've got to control our own energy. Now, not only oil and natural gas, which we've been investing in; but also, we've got to make sure we're building the energy source of the future, not just thinking about next year, but ten years from now, 20 years from now. That's why we've invested in solar and wind and biofuels, energy efficient cars.” ThinkingYearsNextEnergyNaturalCarBuildingWindSourceTenInvestingOilGasEfficientNext YearNatural GasEnergy SourcesBiofuels Author:Barack Obama
“Here's the thing, who cares what you have to look at, I'm a big advocate of not obscuring vistas, but even if you build the biggest wind farm, can it run anything more than a domestic washer and dryer and a computer, for the year? I'm sorry guys, the answer, you're going to be shocked to know: it ain't much more than that.” IfsKnowsYearsLooksBigsCareRunningGuyAnswersWindComputerSorryFarmsI'm SorryShockedWho CaresVistasDryersWind Farms Author:Greg Graffin
“That's the thing about golf. In a team sport, when a team's on a roll, you have a little bit more data and comfort in predicting whether the roll's gonna continue, whether the team is playing well and who the opponent is. But the golf course is the opponent. It changes every round in terms of wind and weather and so forth. And your game is never the same two days in a row. It's almost impossible to handicap and predict.” WellsLittlesTwoCoursesGamesBitsSportsTermImpossibleTeamWindComfortLittle BitGolfRoundsWeatherDataOpponentsGolf CourseTwo DaysHandicapsPredictingSports Team Author:Rush Limbaugh
“As a model I had a lot of success when I was 17 and 18 years old. It was before social media, before the world was what the world is, but even then it was terrifying, to be 18 years old and people knowing who you are, and I was this personality who was completely devoid of who I actually was. It was almost like being a manufactured boy band. You're sort of like a wind up doll; they wind you up and put you on the runway or something like that.” PeopleWorldYearsSocialBoysKnowingMediaWindPersonalityBandModelsWho You AreSocial MediaDollsRunwayKnowing Who You AreBoy Bands Author:Karen Elson
“As a sick kid, I always looked out the window. The objects of my observation were the sun, the seasons, the wind, crazy people, and my grandfather's death. During my long period of observation, I felt that something like poems were filling up my body. They were in some kind of state and condition that made them difficult to render into words. As a university student, I tried hard to write them in Korean. It was at that time that I foresaw my death and the world's death. I think my poems started at that time.” PeopleThinkingWorldWritingKindLongMadeHardStatesBodyKidsFeltDifficultSunCrazyConditionsObjectsStudentsWindPeriodsWindowSeasonsSickUniversityObservationGrandfatherFillingMy GrandfatherKoreanCrazy PeopleFilling UpUniversity StudentsSick Kids Author:Kim Hyesoon
“I don't have any problem with the United States acting on behalf of its own interests. That's what big powers do; that's what all countries do. I would just like to see us analyze in a serious way what really is in our interest. Sometimes we intervene in foreign countries in ways that seem successful at first. In the end, however, we wind up with unpredicted consequences that make us regret those operations.” WayFirstsEndsCountrySometimesStatesProblemBigsSeemsInterestUnitedActingUnited StatesSuccessfulSeriousWindRegretConsequenceOperationsBehalfForeign Countries Author:Stephen Kinzer
“Like I tell people they wind up having short term pleasure and long term pain. I'm a tell what Minister Louis Farrakhan said, "Black people ain't poor, they just don't spend wisely" and that's the truth.” PeopleLongSaidPainBlackTermPleasurePoorWindMinistersLong TermBlack PeopleShort Term Author:Mr. T
“Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.” MarriageWindTraditionConnectionsWeatherCustomsCustoms And Traditions Author:Soren Kierkegaard