"In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards."

-- Barry Commoner

#Independent Quotes #Environmental Quotes #Hazards Quotes

“In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.”
“[A]s if it were not the masterful will which subjugates the forces of nature to be the genii of the lamp... that forces a life-thought into a pregnant word or phrase, and sends it ringing through the ages!”

Source : William Mathews (1874). “Getting on in the World: Or, Hints on Success in Life”, p.93, Belford Bros.
“I hospitalized a rock, killed a brick...I'm so bad I make medicine sick!”
“Democrats have a problem if they go one way and don't emphasize the rule of law and only have compassion. The Republicans have a problem if they only go with the rule of law. There has to be a balance.”
“The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.”
“My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldn't have had a better situation. I mean, she was the - ran the concession stand at the Little League, and she was the first woman president of The Touchdown Club, the booster club for the high school football team. And so, I had a wonderful childhood.”

Source : "Rep. Paul Ryan on Deficit Reduction; Gov. Haley Barbour on 2012 Presidential Politics". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 13, 2011.
“A baby's mother also needs a mother.”
“I should and can play better. That is going to be the challenge for me.”

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