"California is, in many respects, best understood as a nation-state. In the environmental-energy realm, California possesses far-reaching legal authorities that other states do not."

“All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.”

Source : Wisława Szymborska (1981). “Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems”, p.43, Princeton University Press

“Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.”

“It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.”

“I love my red hair. It makes me spunkier.”

“We are never like angels till our passion dies.”

“In revival, God is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is concerned about filling empty hearts.”

“A lot of times it seems like, you ain't gon' make it where you wanna be in life. But, yo if you got a plan, believe me you gon' get there. You gon' get everything you ever wanted”

“Fish farming, even with conventional techniques, changes fish within a few generations from an animal like a wild buffalo or a wildebeest to the equivalent of a domestic cow.”

Source : Charles Clover (2008). “The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and what We Eat”, p.312, Univ of California Press