"Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy."

-- David Suzuki

#Running Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Energy Quotes

“Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.”
“A mild attack of apoplexy may be called death's retaining fee.”

Source : Menagiana Pt II
“If you remain static and wait for success to come to you it will certainly not happen.”
“The underlying reason for convergence seems to be that all organisms are under constant scrutiny of natural selection and are also subject to the constraints of the physical and chemical factors that severely limit the action of all inhabitants of the biosphere. Put simply, convergence shows that in a real world not all things are possible.”

Source : "The Crucible of Creation". Book by Simon Conway Morris, 1998.
“I've got really good people around me, and I feel really blessed to get to do everything I get to do, so to me it's a joy.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“I always wanted to be somebody...If I've made it, it's half because I was game to take a wicked amount of punishment along the way, and half because there were an awful lot of people who cared enough to help me.”
“The world cannot afford to lose the talents of half it's people if we are to solve the many problems that beset us.”
“The best antidote to the disruptive power of innovation is overregulation.”

Source : Tim Wu (2010). “The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires”, p.96, Atlantic Books Ltd

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