#shortage

There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn't mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#best #best way #carbon #cut #emissions

In other words, DC was never harmed by the paper shortages. ↗

— Gil Kane

#harmed #in other words #never #other #paper

[...] during one train stop, I watched as another guard with a spirit of empathy, ran out into an apple orchard and picked apples. He carried his jacket like a bag and filled it with apples. The kind German came to our open train window and handed us each an apple. The juicy apple tasted so delicious. I so appreciated that apple and his unusual compassion. ↗

— Oliver Omanson

#food-shortage #nazis #prisoner-of-war #world-war-ii #food

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. ↗

— Doug Larson

#fishing #important #important things #life #people

This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

#could #fish #genius #island #made

Cycles of shortage and surplus characterize the entire history of oil. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#cycles #entire #history #oil #shortage

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#man #masculine #only #shortage #societies

I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great dollar shortage. It was quite clear that the more prosperous Europe became, the more business there would be in the United States. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#after #became #business #certain #clear

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#days #good #hard #lives #shortage

There's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours. ↗

— Cary Elwes

#damage #perfects #pity #shortage #world