"If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilisation developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that COâ‚‚ will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm [parts per million] to at most 350 ppm... If the present overshoot of this target COâ‚‚ is not brief, there is a possibility of seeding irreversible catastrophic effects."

-- James Hansen

#Humanity Quotes #Wish Quotes #Environmental Quotes

“We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.”
“You young things are too easily persuaded by the touch of lips.”
“The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world--Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon--there are more Muhammads than anything else.”
“But once I'd come up with it, I realized it really was the perfect plan. Instead of waiting for Maria to come to me, I was simply going to go to her and, well... Send her back to where she came. Or reduce her to a mound of quivering gelatinous goo. Whichever came first.”
“No matter your situation, you can make family history a part of your life right now. Primary children can draw a family tree. Youth can participate in proxy baptisms. They can also help the older generation work with computers. Parents can relate stories of their lives to their posterity. Worthy adult members can hold a temple recommend and perform temple ordinances for their own kin.”
“Plus, in one of his e-mails, the guy said he didn't like pancakes. What kind of ***** doesn't like pancakes?”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2009). “The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“You can never tell what's in a woman's mind, And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin”
“Many fiction writers eventually want to feel that their work forms a single, unified entity.”

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