James Hansen Quotes

“What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.”

“With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technology that will burn more than 99 percent of the energy in the fuel. It would mean that you don't need to mine uranium for the next thousand years.”

“Several times in Earth's history, rapid global warming occurred, apparently spurred by amplifying feedbacks. In each case, more than half of plant and animal species became extinct. New species came into being over tens and hundreds of thousands of years. But these are time scales and generations that we cannot imagine.”

“What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.”

“Everyone thinks I'm this jock of a woman, but I didn't play any sports. I didn't even let my kids play baseball because I was afraid they were going to get hit by balls.”

“You create your opportunities by asking for them.”

“Culture is something you cannot buy something you cannot import something you cannot learn or produce at will. A writer an artist or musician cannot sit down and say 'Now I will produce culture.' Culture is something that evolves out of the simple enduring elements of everyday life elements most truthfully expressed in the folk arts and crafts of a nation.”

“Don't be afraid your life will end be afraid it will never begin.”

“Life is too short to care about what other people says and thinks about you. So live life and give them something to talk about.”

“Life is not about how long you live or how much you experience. Life is about how you choose to live it and what you experience.”