Peter Barrett famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Our insatiable drive to rummage deep beneath the surface of the earth is a willful expansion of our dysfunctional civilization into Nature.
The consensus is clear. We need an immediate and determined shift to a clean, renewable economy. The continued mass burning of fossil fuels is inconsistent with a healthy, prosperous future for our civilization.
The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
I enjoy the risk of bungee-jumping. I used to pay money to do it. Now, it's the opposite. I get paid to do action.
The job of dictator is now a high-risk job.
We are running out of time, we must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis.
It's not five minutes to midnight. It's five minutes after midnight.
We are just about to cross the 400 parts per million threshold.
We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis...
People working on climate change should prepare for catastrophic success.

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