"... the job [at the Manhattan Institute] gives me a platform where I can focus on the themes that I explored in both Gusher of Lies and Power Hungry: that the myths about "green" energy are largely just that, myths; that hydrocarbons are here to stay; and that if we are going to pursue the best "no regrets" policy with regard to energy, then we should be avidly promoting natural gas and nuclear energy."

-- Robert Bryce

#Jobs Quotes #Regret Quotes #Lying Quotes

“There's nothin like a trail of ÃŸlooÃ to finÃ your way ÃŸack home”
“The fate of hundreds of thousands of species on this planet may be decided in the next decade. To slow the rush to extinction, we need to achieve real, substantive political power, and we need to get there fast.”
“There are no short cuts. If you want to do something special, there's a serious price to pay. There's no way around it.”
“Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown.”
“You're trying your damndest, you strike out and they boo you. I act like it doesn't bother me, like I don't hear anything the fans say, but the truth is I hear every word of it and it kills me.”
“It seems reasonable to envision, for a time 10 or 15 years hence, a "thinking center" that will incorporate the functions of present-day libraries together with anticipated advances in information storage and retrieval and ... a network of such centers, connected to one another by wide-band communication lines and to individual users by leased-wire services.”

Source : J. C. R. Licklider, Robert W. Taylor (1990). “In memoriam, J.C.R. Licklider, 1915-1990”
“A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.”
“Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.”

Source : "20 Questions: Padma Lakshmi". Interview with David Hochman, www.playboy.com. November 15, 2012.

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