George Kukla quotes

“The only thing to worry about is the damage that can be done by worrying. Why are some scientists worried? Perhaps because they feel that to stop worrying may mean to stop being paid.”
-- George Kukla

Source : "An Unrepentant Prognosticator". Interview with Mari Krueger, www.gelfmagazine.com. April 24, 2007.

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“I feel we're on pretty solid ground in interpreting orbit around the sun as the primary driving force behind ice-age glaciation. The relationship is just too clear and consistent to allow reasonable doubt.”
-- George Kukla

Source : "Despite Global Warming, Scientists Say to Expect Another Ice Age—In 5,000 Years". George Kukla's remarks at the international symposium convened by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, www.columbia.edu. February 25, 2000.

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“What I think is this: Man is responsible for a PART of global warming. MOST of it is still natural.”
-- George Kukla

Source : "An Unrepentant Prognosticator". Interview with Mari Krueger, www.gelfmagazine.com. April 24, 2007.

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Global Warming Quotes

“A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.”

“Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.”

Source : A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1976). “Bhagavad-Gita as it is: Abridged edition with translations and elaborate purports”

“The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and, further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament.”

Source : "Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution" by A. V. Dicey, LibertyClassics, (pp. 3-4), 1982.

“We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God? Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.”

“I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.”

Source : Interview with Zorianna Kit, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2009.

“My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think.”

“Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.”

“Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.”

“A busybody's work is never done.”

“Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.”

Source : Susan Dunlap (2012). “The Bohemian Connection”, p.7, Open Road Media