Thomas Friedman Quotes

Natural gas emits only half the carbon dioxide of coal when burned, but if methane leaks when oil companies extract it from the ground in a sloppy manner - methane is far more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide - it can wipe out all the advantages of natural gas over coal.

Thomas Friedman

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OilMoreOverOutGroundNatural

I feel in some ways I've had a difficult life. And it makes me the kind of writer I am, in what I value, what I respect, what I hold dear.

Melissa Bank

LifeRespectI AmValueMeFeel

I am a person of great faith and idealism and have been in too many situations too many times to become an eternal pessimist regarding politics.

Meghan McCain

FaithGreatPoliticsI AmPerson

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

John O. Brennan

ProblemYouShapesDefineHow

I'm all for selling books, but when guys are burning my house down, that's where I draw the line.

Robert Kirkman

HouseSellingDownLineWhereBooks

None of us, of course, will ever read all the books we'd like, but we can still make a stab at it.

Michael Dirda

WillUsBooksStillLikeCourse

From a product development perspective, choosing whether a technology is disruptive at a potential moment is key.

Steven Sinofsky

TechnologyMomentPerspectiveKey

The only one who can beat me is me.

Michael Johnson

MeBeatOnlyWho

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Lou Holtz

AdversityMeSomeoneYouDoneShow

Endurance, after all, is the only reason we even exist. We think of ourselves as nature's deadliest animals, but the truth is, a naked human is the biggest wimp in the wild. We have no fangs, no claws, no strength, and no speed.

Christopher McDougall

NatureStrengthTruthTruth IsThink

Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the only kind which ought to produce so high a degree of confidence as all minds have or can be made to have through their agreements.

Chauncey Wright

ConfidenceKindBeliefMindsHigh

'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it.

Christian Bale

TimeLongLong TimeTryOutFilm

Obsessed people are not humorless at all.

Philippe Petit

PeopleObsessed

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