Barry Commoner Quotes

Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.

Barry Commoner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 28, 1917 - September 30, 2012

Topics

DayPeopleEnvironmentalAction

I doubt the terrorists saw 9/11 as a teaching opportunity. And we're not really a culture geared to anything as humble as 'learning.' But I was disappointed in how quickly everyone wanted to get back to normal. It was as if we watched terrorism on TV for a while, then got bored and turned back to 'American Idol.'

Jess Walter

LearningOpportunityHumbleCulture

I see sometimes how guys may make a buffoon of themselves to sell a few more tickets. They create this image, and when it's all said and done, it's like everything falls out from under them. They have no stability. I never wanted to be one of those guys.

Andre Ward

CreateSaidDoneSometimesImage

Anybody who loves jazz has a little bit of snob in them.

Robert Glasper

JazzLittleSnobWhoAnybodyThem

In every school, community center, city hall, and state capitol, there are women who are making their voices heard and standing up for the people they serve - women who aren't just demanding change but finding ways to create it. They are making an impact, and along the way, they're inspiring others to do the same.

Amy Klobuchar

ChangeWomenCommunitySchoolPeople

When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.

Stephen Covey

TruthKnowledgeValuePrinciples

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

Truman Capote

TallWellJustShotgunAboutNoisy

Most of us who become experimental physicists do so for two reasons; we love the tools of physics because to us they have intrinsic beauty, and we dream of finding new secrets of nature as important and as exciting as those uncovered by our scientific heroes.

Luis Walter Alvarez

NatureLoveBeautyToolsPhysics

A good beginning makes a good end.

Louis L'Amour

GoodBeginningEndMakes

Though rom-coms aren't necessarily my cup of tea, I was a huge fan of 'Notting Hill.' I laughed a lot, and the romance got to me.

Domhnall Gleeson

TeaMeHillRomanceCupFan

We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.

Arthur Erickson

AppreciateBuildingsUnderstandWhole

I want to be indifferent to vengeance. It's degrading. Not having a spirit of vengeance protects me, internally.

Segolene Royal

MeVengeanceWantSpiritIndifferent

I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.

Sebastian Arcelus

SciencePoliticalAmericaInvolvement

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