"We are not good at recognizing distant threats even if their probability is 100%. Society ignoring [peak oil] is like the people of Pompeii ignoring the rumblings below Vesuvius."

-- James R. Schlesinger

#Oil Quotes #People Quotes #Pompeii Quotes

“My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.”
“Other powers will continue to enjoy an equal right to trade in and develop the natural resources of the occupied territory, for the economic development of which the investment of foreign capital is very desirable.”

Source : "British Relations with China". Book by Irving Sigmund Friedman, p.138, 1940.
“In recent years, we have seen technology advance at lightning speed, allowing us to accomplish lifesaving feats never imagined before. It is our responsibility to ensure that these advances are used for positive medical breakthroughs, and not allowed to restrict rights or limit access to health insurance or job opportunities.”
“From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films have been made about Afghanistan, so you really can't know much about it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The whole world is watching America, and America is watching TV.”
“Pour some water into a tub and stir it up. Now try as hard as you can to calm the water with your hands; you will succeed in agitating it further. Let it stand undisturbed a while, and it will calm down by itself. The human brain works much the same way.”
“The young cult of sociology, needing a language, invented one. There are many dead languages, but the sociologists' is the only language that was dead at birth.”
“I actually have a weird tendency to say things to people that they were just about to say. I always freak my best friend out with that. So I might have a bit of psychic power.”

Source : "Why Does the New CSI Like Pushing Grissom's Buttons?". Interview with Matt Mitovich, www.tvguide.com. November 13, 2008.

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