I was an avid reader of futurists during the 1970s and '80s. They were so wrong - about everything.

I'm not one of those to say Kyoto is not worth the paper it's printed on.

It's too late to stop climate change, that's for sure, but we can still influence the degree of changes and the degree of impacts. We can prepare for a softer landing.

It's always difficult to make predictions about the future.

Travel requires a great deal of energy - whether you go by car, by bus, by train or plane. We'll likely be using hydrogen as our main energy for transport.

Individual transportation has become synonymous for freedom and liberty, so it would be difficult to actually get rid of individualized transport, and in rural areas that would be impossible.

Nature does not forgive.

Writing is the act of finding out what I think.

My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.

None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

The problem is someone will try to convince you That they know the answer no matter the question Be wary of those who believe in a neat little world 'Cause it's just ..... crazy - you know that it is

Babies on television never spit up on the Ultrasuede.

Myths are wonderful tools that we've had, oh, for eons now that help us navigate the situations we find ourselves in.

The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us.

I'm not good at love. I'm like a barbed creature. I push everyone I love away.

The overtime threshold is to the middle class as the minimum wage is to low-wage workers.

We cannot hope to bring about effective change unless we are willing to BE changed.