#eve

Americans were told repeatedly by President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found. ↗

— John Olver

#cheney #destruction #ever #found #had

In this age of globalization, instant real time media and television, everyone all over the world realizes that high energy usage equates with a high standard of living and wealth. ↗

— John Olver

#energy #equates #everyone #globalization #high

The most extreme individuals and factions in Islamic countries are now more motivated than ever to kill Americans, and the number of potential terrorists has greatly expanded. ↗

— John Olver

#ever #expanded #extreme #factions #greatly

The scientists who do climate research understand that much of the ever increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1850 must be attributed to burning those fossil fuels to produce the energy that drives industrialization. ↗

— John Olver

#attributed #burning #climate #co2 #concentration

Yet, if we accept the solution offered today by this bill to explore and develop for oil on the coastal plain of ANWR, it will be 5 years, at least, and probably closer to 8 before the first barrel of oil flows from that effort. ↗

— John Olver

#anwr #barrel #before #bill #closer

I've had lots of parts in movies that I've never seen. I mean no disrespect to them. It was really fun to go act, but I'm not calling my friends and saying, 'I couldn't be more proud of this picture. You should go see it.' ↗

— Timothy Olyphant

#calling #disrespect #friends #fun #go

People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why. ↗

— Peter Thiel

#artificial #artificial intelligence #been #believe #broken

Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected. ↗

— Robert Orben

#children #hand #leaves #never #raise

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#even #i #know #later #me

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#faint #first #get #here #human