"A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography."

-- Karl Kraus

#Book Quotes #Literature Quotes #Geography Quotes

“Sensibility cannot be acquired; people are born thus, or they have it not.”
“A good beginning makes a good end.”
“We need to raise the level of our game in terms of explaining the planetary warming by infrared absorption of CO2 etc. The missing area of understanding seems to be the actual physical mechanism. Lets target an explanation at an audience that has taken 1 year each of undergraduate physics and chemistry, plus calculus. Once we have something that is convincing at this level, we can work on how to communicate this to the interested public (i.e. those that hang out in the climate blogosphere). Willis Eschenbachâ€™s help is needed in translating this for the WUWT crowd.”
“I would still like to go to the moon before I die.”
“Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.”
“I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.”
“I have an idea about voting, how about on every ballot we include "None of the above". People may laugh at that, but what that is, it is a vote of no confidence in your government and I'm willing to bet that in some elections, 'None of the Above' would win. Imagine if you won the election but lost to 'None of the Above'. Wouldn't that make you re-think your positions?”
“I've heard doctors say that before the crisis hits, people don't want prolonged measures, but then in the middle of the crisis they want everything.”

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