#historically

The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#coming #did #end #exhausting #fisheries

We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#bad times #been #being #better #better off

Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#historically #history #literal #perfect #want

Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny. ↗

— Will Eisner

#been #day #different #funny #historically

Historically, royal families have represented an institution. The institution is built on heritage, and is timeless in that sense. ↗

— Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark

#families #heritage #historically #institution #represented

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#domain #historically #marriage #regulate #states

Historically, when Americans don't know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: 'What am I going to do now? I'll go to Paris!' ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#benjamin #benjamin franklin #franklin #go #going

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#funds #historically #individual #mutual #mutual funds

Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can see through and discard all the norms to which we have been falsely enslaved. ↗

— Stanley Fish

#began #discard #emerge #enslaved #falsely

I want to buy them, because historically these have been great engines of enrichment for the middle class, 'historically' meaning now for a good ten years. ↗

— Jim Cramer

#been #buy #class #engines #enrichment