What Clinton did with Lewinsky was despicable but was no threat to the nation. That he lied about it repeatedly and to the public is a reason for us to cease to trust him and for him to resign.

Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent.

There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president.

A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor

Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent.

You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.

A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.

There are no separate systems. The world is a continuum. Where to draw a boundary around a system depends on the purpose of the discussion.

We can't control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them!

Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

I always try to write about believable people.

Mexico urgently needs a series of structural reforms that will detonate its true economic potential for once and generate more public welfare.

I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards.

Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man.

We shrink from the contemplation of our dead bodies, forgetting that when dead they are no longer ours, and concern us as little as the hairs that have fallen from our heads.

I want people to say, "Oh my God, I'm laughing out loud at television."

I think that one of the tasks of feminist women - mainly women of culture - in our time is to seek out those women who were only forgotten because they were women.

To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.

The truly adult view [...] is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed.