Quotes of: Climate-change Keyword

We would rather be ruined than changed We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die.

The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue

. . . and I don’t expect him to suborn his life into mine any more than I would change my dreams for him. We’re not one soul, one being, however much we love each other.

Aftermath

‎Theorists of journalism have long noted parallels to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in physics: by reporting on something, one subtly but irrevocably changes it.

The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism

So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants.

Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson

Only by entering new and unfamiliar worlds can a person change society as well as self.

Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love

But tonight I finally made the connection that change always strolled hand in hand with loss, with upheaval, and that I would always feel it keenly because in the end, I did not live under the same sky as most other people. (p179)

Anita and Me

Often, the greater our ignorance about something, the greater our resistance to change.

Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect

...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge?

The Arkadians

When we accept God’s invitation to commune with Him through prayer, He will transform our hearts and change our lives.

The Heart of a Woman Who Prays

It was then, there in the darkness, with only those little pin-points of light to see by, light from a world away where other people with their own problems and their own secrets lived their own lives, that everything in our world changed for good.

Harmless

Generally speaking, by the way, that is the moral of the opponents of violence in politics: they renounce violence when it comes to introducing changes in what already exists, but in defense of the existing order they will not stop at the most ruthle...

History of the Russian Revolution

Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World

The joy of travel does not lie in reaching the destination, but in the companions met with on the journey, the changing scenery through which the traveller passes, and even the inconveniences that break up the monotony of the ordinary routine life.

How to Get on in the World

It would change everything, gentlemen. It would shift the entire balance of power in Europe-maybe the world. Alexander conquered half of it. Think what he would have done with arrows dipped in monster snot!

The Isle of Blood

Regrets... Regrets are bootless. A vain trick of the mind. An impotent raging against what cannot be changed anyway. A distraction from the moment.

The Invisible Chains - Part 3: Bonds of Blood

How we react to the tragedy of one small person accurately reflects our attitude towards a whole nationality, and increasing the numbers doesn't change much.

Is Journalism Worth Dying For? Final Dispatches

We are what we are, neither a good or as bad as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings.

Ink Exchange

I felt that my views and philosophies had been changed overnight. The philosophies that i had gladly carved in stone, recited and danced upon.

If You Could See Me Now

Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.

I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

What seems real one moment is fiction the next and gone out of existence the moment after that. Nostalgia is the greatest enemy of truth, and change our only constancy.

Judevine: The Complete Poems, 1970-1990

I'm seventeen today and dressed for a party. But I can't move. I can't think, much less move. I can't breathe, much less think. This is the moment when my life will change forever.

Justice Buried