Metaphors & SoundbitesTags:humor
"It is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant, and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting."
"People used to think the world was flat. Then others said it was a perfect sphere. Once we could accurately measure, it turns out they are ...
The formula for false media balance is: Add one truth plus one lie, then divide by two.
Variation: Accuracy is not achieved ...
"If you like buying oil from the Saudis, you'll love buying solar from the Chinese!"— Thomas Friedman
"When I was six years old, there were conflicting theories about how babies were born. Somebody said a stork brought them. Another guy said ...
"2010 was the hottest and wettest -- don't Google that phrase, by the way -- year on record."—Bill Maher
“It’s a bit like asking us to believe in Santa Claus after we have seen our parents putting the presents under the tree.” – Naomi Oreskes, P ...
"It should be possible to write about science in plain English, though asking a scientist to do that is like asking a cat to bark."— Dr. Ric ...
'(Contrarians) seem “certain” the world’s scientists are wrong, and spewing 90 million tons per day of man-made (CO2) pollution into the atm ...
Models are unreliable. I agree -- they are often late for photo shoots, and sometimes never show up at all!
Calling him [an oil lobbyist] a serious source on climate is like calling a fox a "serious" protector of the hen house.
"Denial ain't just a river in Egypt." -- Mark Twain
"Call Me Cleopatra, 'Cause I'm the Queen of Denial" -- country-wes ...
"People often ask if I believe in global warming. I now just reply with the question: 'Do you believe in gravity.'" — Neil deGrasse Tyson, ...
Sign photographed on in the middle of Main Street, in Bison, Kansas on July 23, 2011 during the record-breaking drought.