Jeff Goodell Quotes

Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet.

Jeff Goodell

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CourageThoughtPoliticalOilPlanet

I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.

Joe Murray

MemoryTableExcitementFirstSaw

When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.

John Barrowman

PilotAirlineWantedYoungerSeconds

Rodney King is a progenitor of all these cell phone videos that we have. It was unusual that a person had a video camera to take a picture of the Rodney King beating. Now, of course, everybody has a phone, and that has been one of the key factors in all the new attention to the issue.

Jeffrey Toobin

KingCell PhoneKeyPictureCamera

Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of public businesses.

John Mackey

GoalsBusinessImportantSuccessful

Certainly 'Survivors,' when we put that series out, the second series dipped below 5 million for one of the episodes - all of a sudden, there's no recommission, and I think that's dreadful.

Max Beesley

ThinkOutMillionSecondI Think

If you work in Chicago in the improv scene, anyone is happy for you if you get a job.

Steven Yeun

WorkJobHappyYouChicagoImprov

I have to admit that I'm not very good with grammar. They taught grammar in elementary and high school, but I went to public schools, so I never really learned it.

Trevor Paglen

GoodSchoolHigh SchoolAdmitNever

I've been all over the world on my own because, as a scientist, you travel a great deal if your work is reasonably successful or published. I get invitations to go to all sorts of strange countries where I would mostly be by myself and just meet other people there, instead of having travelling companions.

Robert Winston

WorkGreatMyselfTravelPeopleYou

Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.

Rutherford B. Hayes

GoodMenMorePraiseUnjustThan

Don't judge. I used to buy underwear because I didn't do my laundry.

Michelle Obama

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When human beings stop progressing at an endeavor, they stop enjoying it and move on to something else. Not golfers. Masochists, all of them.

Jay Mohr

StopMove OnHumanEndeavorMove

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

Jonathan Swift

LoveLove IsColdWithoutCapricious

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