Global Quotes

Global warming and rising temperatures in the Arctic jeopardize the polar bear's very existence. Polar bears cannot survive without sea ice. Polar bears could disappear in our lifetime if we don't take action.

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.

We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

Our global civilization today is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable, a path that is leading us toward economic decline and eventual collapse.

Protectionism remains the major threat to global growth.

It's the best global map we have. We're hoping the scientific community will start using this as their base map.

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.

Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.

Global climate change is one of the most significant challenges humankind has ever faced. These landmark exhibitions bring us closer to the science that provides the foundation for understanding how the Earth has changed through time. The exhibitions also convey the human dimension that must be considered in addressing how to respond to the environmental changes that are taking place not just in the Arctic, but all over the globe.

All of them have been radio-collared so we will be able to monitor them using GPS [Global Positioning System], and move our rangers in to drive them away before they can break into private farmland, ... We have dug five water holes in the area near the release site. Mostly, [these] problems lead to the pack to go outside in search of water. With water assured there, that problem will be minimized.

In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More importantly, we are continuing to demonstrate our ability to deliver complex and mission critical solutions to clients all across our industry segments.

The good news is that the global warming benefits of these advanced forms of ethanol come along for the ride, even if you only care about oil savings.

What makes local players reluctant to go global is partly the fact that there are no ports that are able to handle direct shipments. The country's exporters are therefore at the mercy of port operators in Singapore and Malaysia.

The Australian dollar is a proxy for global growth. My concern is of a more precipitous decline in the Australian dollar under the scenario of faltering global growth.

Global warming competes with cancer and competes with AIDS for a finite amount of money. Nobody ever won that fight by saying: My issue isn't important.

While many people attempt to connect this season's unusually strong hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico with global warming, this is simply not the case.

as an important growth area for Lucent's global businesses and an important resource center.

This is a tried and tested measure to address the rising price of energy and the threat of global warming, ... And Brattleboro is a great community to try this in because there are lots of people who want to start doing something today.

There's really no smoking gun. I'd like to blame it on climate change or global warming, but I can't.

The Thames whale has demonstrated the tremendous interest and wonder expressed in whales and dolphins by the global public, and hopefully highlights the need and desire to conserve wildlife species in general.

Our system monitors global e-mail traffic ... to figure out who the good guys are and who the bad guys are.

I still am not convinced that global warming is any more than hysteria. It's like another fad and will pass, just like global cooling was a fad in the '70s.

This is just one example of illegal activities that are destroying the Amazon. This rainforest is a global treasure that stabilizes the climate and is home to most land life on the planet and to millions of people. It's taken thousands of years to grow and once it's destroyed it's gone forever. Unless laws against these sorts of forest crime are rigorously and urgently enforced to protect the rainforest and its people, we'll have a biological catastrophe on our hands.

There are strong indications that a disturbing change in disease patterns has begun and that global warming is contributing to them.