"In a world where profit is consistently put before both people and the planet, climate economics has everything to do with ethics and morality."

-- Naomi Klein

#People Quotes #World Quotes #Climate Quotes

“Somehow we manage it: to like our friends, to tolerate not only their little ways but their huge neuroses, their monumental oddness: "Oh well," we smile, "it's one of his funny days."”

Source : Fleur Adcock (2000). “Poems 1960-2000”, Bloodaxe Books Limited
“If youâ€™re famous, I donâ€™tâ€”for the life of meâ€”I donâ€™t understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter. Why on Godâ€™s green earth would you be on Twitter? Because first of all, the worst thing you can do is make yourself more available, right?”
“Generally speaking, I tend to think that whether a philosopher's views are true is a poor test of their quality. What matter are the arguments they give, and the insights those arguments inspire.”
“I've never sold my company or products.”
“I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.”

Source : "Wanda woman". Interview with John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2003.
“Topology and number theory are my faves.”

Source : Barnard Physics Mechanics PHYS BC2001, 2010.
“A survey released today found that men spend twice as much on their mistresses for Christmas as they do on their wives. On the other hand, men spend half their income on the wives when the wife finds out about the mistress. So it all balances out.”
“I thought about dying whenever I got bad news about other people.”

Source : "Jonah Lomu - The road back" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2005.

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