David J. C. MacKay Quotes

To have constructive conversations about the world's energy options, one needs to take a calm look at the numbers.

David J. C. MacKay

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WorldCalmEnergyLookNumbersTake

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.

Maurice Chevalier

AgeSadOld AgeYouthWorldBetter

By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward.

Mikhail Bakunin

ManStepImpossibleForwardStriving

It's hard to think about 20 to 30 years down the road. Most people want to use the money now - it's tough.

Chris Gronkowski

MoneyPeopleRoadToughThinkDown

Up until the age of 9 or so, I was an incredibly happy, pretty well-adjusted, funny kid who made my parents laugh all the time. I was a bit of a clown, and I was really happy. And then my parents divorced, and I kind of turned into a different person.

Christopher Stanley

FunnyAgeTimeHappyParentsLaugh

If you're going to choose to do something like the Paleo Diet, then you choose not to enjoy your nights out.

Chrissy Teigen

DietEnjoyYouChooseOutGoing

There's a tremendous amount of rural areas where the constituencies tell me on a regular basis that they are underserved by the availability of broadband.

Chuck Fleischmann

MeTellRuralWhereAvailability

I want to be an artist that everyone can relate to, that's young, happy and fun.

Britney Spears

FunHappyArtistYoungWantRelate

In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of 'freedom', like a bastard brother of reform.

Wyndham Lewis

FreedomBrotherCapitalismReform

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

Peggy Noonan

AbortionOKEither

I have never had a better working experience than 'St. Elsewhere.' It's a supreme show.

Norman Lloyd

ExperienceBetterNeverWorkingShow

Sunk costs? We pay too much attention to them.

Richard Thaler

AttentionToo MuchPayCostsMuch

If I'm going to have something rich and yummy, I'm not reaching for prepackaged brownies. I'm going to make a pie from scratch.

Marisa Miller

RichPieSomethingGoingScratch

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