Vaclav Smil Quotes

You cannot increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. We improve the performance of farms by irrigating them and fertilizing them to provide all these nutrients. But we cannot keep on doubling the yield every two years. Moore's law doesn't apply to plants.

Vaclav Smil

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LawPlantsPerformanceEfficiency

When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does.

Matt LeBlanc

MyselfMeWorldActingDramaNever

Burberry was about building a relationship. But it was always about selling an amazing product that you would have forever. Apple is just a deeper relationship with a much broader constituency. Because it's everybody.

Angela Ahrendts

RelationshipAmazingBuildingYou

Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history.

John Shelby Spong

HistoryRealityExplainedDevelop

I spend a lot of time sizing up a tree before I fell it. Once it's down, I clear away the brush around the tree before I start cutting it into lengths so I won't trip and lose my balance with the chain saw running.

Sue Hubbell

TimeTreeBalanceStartLoseDown

If you stop at general math, you're only going to make general math money.

Snoop Dogg

MoneyYouStopGoingOnlyGeneral

Japan's experience suggests the importance of assessing the sustainability of price stability over a fairly long period, which many central banks have emphasized in recent years.

Toshihiko Fukui

ExperienceLongPriceSustainability

I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion, that's not helping humanity, that's organizing an army to defeat somebody.

Mojo Nixon

FearGodHateReligionPeopleArmy

Health care historically has been a very siloed field that's organized around medical specialties - urology, cardiac surgery, and so forth - and around the supply of these specialty services. The patient is the ping-pong ball that moves from service to service.

Michael Porter

HealthServiceMedicalCarePatient

My act's not heavy on pop culture or stories, just lots of jokes.

Judah Friedlander

CultureJokesActHeavyPop Culture

I just had to block someone on Facebook who was impersonating my wife.

Jordan Knight

WifeSomeoneFacebookJustWhoHad

Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history and a critical sensibility.

Jon Meacham

FaithHistoryBestExperienceHuman

I will not change unless my manager or the people from my club or my supporters tell me.

Diego Costa

ChangePeopleMeManagerWillClub

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