#danger

To some, a cap-and-trade system might sound like a neat approach where the market sorts everything out. But in fact, in some ways it is worse than a tax. With a tax, the costs are obvious. With a cap-and-trade system, the costs are hidden and shifted around. For that reason, many politicians tend to like it. But that is dangerous. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#around #cap-and-trade #costs #dangerous #everything

Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value. ↗

— Konrad Lorenz

#endangers #evil #good #perceive #value

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions. ↗

— Robert Wilson Lynd

#appears #belief #dangerous #decisive #human

A closet full of wire hangers can be the most dangerous place in the world. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#dangerous #dangerous place #full #most #place

The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use. ↗

— Adrian Lyne

#danger #forget #ideas #use #you

Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#certain #danger #destruction #doubly #engine

HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it. ↗

— Princess Diana

#does #give #hands #heaven #hiv

The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#act #causing #decline #effective #endangered

Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#dangers #death #monarchs #ought #put

There's a danger of the Internet just becoming loud, ugly and boring with a thousand voices screaming for attention. ↗

— Matt Drudge

#becoming #boring #danger #internet #just