tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post7322417362831263783..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Quote GalleryMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-81049821501641836622011-09-02T00:54:52.910-07:002011-09-02T00:54:52.910-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-89734214751243488522011-08-22T04:32:34.564-07:002011-08-22T04:32:34.564-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-17460952354713562282011-08-22T04:31:50.721-07:002011-08-22T04:31:50.721-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-71876098368360200332011-05-10T21:14:39.460-07:002011-05-10T21:14:39.460-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948115149015814935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-78855170248405892152010-07-09T17:25:48.685-07:002010-07-09T17:25:48.685-07:00I do not expect you to include this in your collec...I do not expect you to include this in your collection, but I include in <i>my</i> collection this quote from Andrew Revkin (2008).<br /><br />"Climate change is not the story of our time. Climate change is a <i>subset</i> of the story of our time, which is that we are coming of age on a finite planet and only just now recognizing that it is finite."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437041108856598560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-9750498362691817582010-07-09T11:48:58.364-07:002010-07-09T11:48:58.364-07:00Bruce Sterling made this comment back in January i...Bruce Sterling made this comment back in January in the discusion of his "2010 State of the World" post at the Well.<br /><br />"People used to think that if scientists said we had a problem, we had<br />a problem, and even though attacks against researchers who touched<br />nerves were not unknown (ask Nobel Laureate Sherrie Rowlands about what<br />happened when he connected flourocarbons and the ozone hole) the<br />debate remained about science. <br /><br />Now, we have total illiterates shouting at the top of their lungs on<br />media that science is a hoax and a conspiracy, and it's working. Where<br />the hell do we go from here?"<br /><br />Obviously Bruce is not the only one asking the question. As to the answer I would like to be able to say that where we are going couldn't possibly be anything like hell, but I am not very good at telling lies.<br /><br />PatrickPadraig Tomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483647257675174364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-2723354416395908402010-07-08T14:16:42.666-07:002010-07-08T14:16:42.666-07:00"One of the penalties of an ecological educat..."One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds."<br /><br />Yeah, I noticed that one missing too. The full quote, from Round River, continues:<br /><br />"Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise."<br /><br />It's what we're up against.Mal Adaptedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123525780458234978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-70567218229505964642010-07-08T14:10:41.649-07:002010-07-08T14:10:41.649-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mal Adaptedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123525780458234978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-54998727542187234752010-07-07T13:18:37.993-07:002010-07-07T13:18:37.993-07:00Yeah, I'm not a robot.
I may have missed one...Yeah, I'm not a robot. <br /><br />I may have missed one or two after I started collecting them, and I'm pretty sure there's some from before I realized they would form a collection. <br /><br />Thanks!Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-19143633905072788002010-07-07T13:12:53.244-07:002010-07-07T13:12:53.244-07:00Is this all of them?
I seem to remember reading a...Is this all of them?<br /><br />I seem to remember reading another Aldo Leopold quote here, for instance: "One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-87769831183337387742010-07-07T11:24:53.392-07:002010-07-07T11:24:53.392-07:00Unintentional. Fixed.Unintentional. Fixed.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-78471795885803301212010-07-07T11:22:45.598-07:002010-07-07T11:22:45.598-07:00Erm - "Nill" McKibben?Erm - "Nill" McKibben?Mal Adaptedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123525780458234978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-22336756463834081282010-07-06T21:57:42.728-07:002010-07-06T21:57:42.728-07:00Exc. MT. I would add the Upton Sinclair quote- lik...Exc. MT. I would add the Upton Sinclair quote- likely paraphrasing here:<br />"It's almost impossible to convince someone of anything, if their pay check depends on it not being true."Dan Satterfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103428750040230969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-86884030577680345412010-07-06T19:49:26.891-07:002010-07-06T19:49:26.891-07:00This remains one of my favourite posts of yours. I...This remains one of my favourite posts of yours. I read it over every few months anyway, but I'm glad you posted it here again. My favourite quote is definitely "I was labeled as an advocate because I measured something."<br /><br />I just got Windows 7, which has sticky notes, so I sticky-noted a bunch of these quotes to my desktop. It was very exciting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-59059674735567517642010-07-06T18:38:38.652-07:002010-07-06T18:38:38.652-07:00Thanks, Michael, this is an excellent service to y...Thanks, Michael, this is an excellent service to your readers.Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-12773849611122489992010-07-06T18:32:33.302-07:002010-07-06T18:32:33.302-07:00Those are some of the quotes you used, right? I li...Those are some of the quotes you used, right? I liked the "we're no better than cyano bacteria" one. Please include.VicDieselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181801236447545019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-61039270883636716972010-07-06T18:27:49.874-07:002010-07-06T18:27:49.874-07:00That's an excellent selection of quotes. May I...That's an excellent selection of quotes. May I suggest adding this gem from <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/11/tom_fuller_and_senator_inhofe.php#comment-2044149" rel="nofollow">Tom Fuller</a>?<br /><br />"I actually don't believe men of honour publish correspondence without permission. Nor do I believe men of honour would select portions of the email that don't correspond to the entire message."DirkDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830811661194948436noreply@blogger.com