#edge

Climate change was a point of division between Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney. The president declared climate change a global threat, acknowledged that the actions of humanity were deepening the crisis, and pledged to do something about it if elected. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#acknowledged #actions #between #change #climate

It's funny. No matter how hard you try, you can't close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what's going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don't, there's not point in being here. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#chances #close #comedic #eternity #existance

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#best #interest #investment #knowledge #pays

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#favors #greater #ingratitude #medium #most

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#back #been #beyond #bit #challenge

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#employment #entertainment #exist #ideas #knowledge

It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#anything #collaborate #compete #created #ever

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. ↗

— Clifford Stoll

#data #information #knowledge #understanding #wisdom

The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#economic #economic growth #global #growth #increased

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

#knowledge #light #others #their #you