By looking the other way on climate change we facilitate a collective denial, and we do it for each other.

Online petitions are built around getting as many signatures as possible. But the experience of taking them and forgetting about them degrades the importance.

I used to be a lot more afraid of climate change. Now I spend my time working, planning, trying to move forward.

Taking fear seriously is not easy. A lot of people's response to fear is "Don't worry so much, it's crazy." But some things absolutely deserve our fear, and climate change is first among them.

Psychologically speaking, the rational, healthy response to climate change is to say to oneself, "What can I do about this?" But that question is often answered through individual action.

While the American people have the impression that scientists are hard at work figuring out this complex matter of climate change, it's not actually that complicated.

There are a lot of reasons people don't talk about climate change. One of them has to do with the language of science, and people feeling not competent about this issue.

Climate change has been associated so much with a peaceful mentality - obviously peace and love are good, but we need to think about climate as a threat to survival.

Because I took the sun for granted it shone on me.

My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes me with a beady eye.

Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.

What makes [cyber security] difficult is because it's not just a government problem. It is a private sector and government problem. And there's gotta be a lot more cooperation.

I made one decision in my life based on money and I swore I would never do it again.

I wondered over again for the hundredth time what could be the principle which, in the wildest, most lawless, fantastically chaotic, apparently capricious work of Nature, always kept it beautiful.

Nobody knows when you make an effort or when you plant a seed if it will bear fruit or not.

Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.

Some libertarians succeed by re-inventing the wheel. Most libertarians fail by re-inventing the flat tire.

I really like accompanying. I like working with vocalists, I've worked with a lot of poets.