"Since 1850, burning of fossil fuels, coal, oil and natural gas has increased 100 times to produce energy as the world has industrialized to serve the world's more than 6 billion and growing population."

-- John Olver

#Oil Quotes #Energy Quotes #Population Quotes

“The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”

Source : Dashiell Hammett (2007). “Vintage Hammett”, p.151, Vintage
“I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.”
“I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.”
“They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!”

Source : Nellie Bly (2016). “Ten Days in a Mad-House”, p.44, Nellie Bly
“Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.”

Source : "Shut up, Spain's king tells Chavez". news.bbc.co.uk. November 10, 2007.
“If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.”
“A poem doesn't do everything for you. You are supposed to go on with your thinking. You are supposed to enrich the other person's poem with your extensions, your uniquely personal understandings, thus making the poem serve you.”

Source : Gwendolyn Brooks (2003). “In Montgomery, and Other Poems”
“If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice.”

Source : "Ellie Kemper's Wedding Season DOs and DON'Ts". www.glamour.com. May 10, 2012.

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