Quotes About Impact

Extra heat won't be good for the animals we eat and get milk from; it will make them less productive and more prone to dying young, which in turn will make meat, eggs, and dairy more expensive.

a 2-degree rise wouldn't simply be 33 percent worse than 1.5; it could be 100 percent worse. Twice as many people would have trouble getting clean water. Corn production in the tropics would go down twice as much.

We've already raised the temperature at least 1 degree Celsius since preindustrial times, and if we don't reduce emissions, we'll probably have between 1.5 and 3 degrees Celsius of warming by mid-century, and between 4 and 8 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

by mid-century, climate change could be just as deadly as COVID-19, and by 2100 it could be five times as deadly.

As the world eats more meat, it accelerates the deforestation in Latin America. More burgers anywhere mean fewer trees there.

Fifty-one billion is how many tons of greenhouse gases the world typically adds to the atmosphere every year.

When we fritter away our one and only life doing things that don't really matter, we sacrifice the things that do matter.

While it's a prerequisite to live a salty Christian life — to be highly potent and in relationship with others — that alone is not enough. God forbid that we stop there, because people end up in hell on that plan. It's imperative that we also put the message into clear language our friends can understand and act upon.

The physical language of the body is so much more powerful than words.

In the 1990s, as it began to feel the impact of cable news and syndicated infotainment programming, network evening newscasts became increasingly focused on tabloid crime and celebrity.

I'm always amazed at the human capacity to not make fundamental changes, but instead merely adapt. I see these pictures of people in Beijing and New Delhi, walking around with masks on, because you can't walk outside your house and breathe? If you can't breathe?…If that's not the cue to make a fundamental change, I don't know what is!

If you believe that the world is going to come to an end — and perhaps any day now — does it not drain one's motivation to improve life on Earth while we're here?

The irony of religion is that because of its power to divert man, to distruct courses the world actually could come to an end.

If you believe that the world is coming to an end, perhaps any day now, does it not drain ones motivation to improve life on earth while we're here?

Our life now means something and counts for things that are good.

We spent so many years searching for an archrival for Jordan—the Frazier to his Ali, someone who'd bring out the best in him—when really, that player was probably Len Bias. We were robbed.

Do Magic's Lakers win five titles with Jordan before Jordan thriving in Denver and Walton's feet holding up in Portland? I'm going out on a limb and saying no. What a shame.

You will not find a bigger month for a sports league than June '84 for the NBA.

Just like that, they were gone and the patio was mellow again. As Rich said later, it was like a "gust of wind." MJ was the gust; everyone else was the twigs, leaves, and branches flying around.

Even if lives did hang in the balance, it would depend on whose they were.

My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin

While he lived, entire worlds weren't enough to contain him. Now six good feet of earth are sufficient.

Different rules apply to those who shake the worlds.

When I sing it, it affects me so much I get sick. It takes all the strength out of me.