I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.

My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we’ve had a chance to see a lot of interesting stuff.

The ideas associated with the problems of the development of science, as far as I can see by looking around me, are not of the kind that everyone appreciates.

I remember as a little girl going down to the beet fields in the Dakotas and in Nebraska and Wyoming as migrant workers when I was very, very small, like, I was, like, 5 years old, I believe. And I remember going out there, you know, traveling to these states and living in these little tarpaper shacks that they had in Wyoming.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.

I just think overall there’s not as many female ministers than there are male ministers.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it.

The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.

To start with, I love New York… It’s a little bit of the whole world… In New York, the whole world comes to you.

Jurisdictions across the U.S. are snapping up algorithms as tools to help judges make bail and bond decisions. They’re being sold as race- and gender-neutral assessments that allow judges to use science in determining whether someone will behave if released from jail pending trial.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.

The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that’s expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of land, or taking advantage of byproducts that aren’t used in the food chain today, or by intercropping.

Among physicists, I’m respected I hope.

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Nothing is being done to stop the climate and ecological emergency from happening and to secure the future wellbeing for future generations.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

I’ll stay in Memphis.

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

I grew up with the biologists. I know how they think.

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

I always tell people that you should only hire people to be on your team if you would work for them.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

People were asleep, but I think they’re waking up now. Trump has given everybody a good kick, and people are waking up and realizing they’ve got to get involved.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

The wisest have the most authority.

So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you’re dealt?

I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill.

Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That’s why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

When I checked into SEAL Team One many years ago, one of the things that I noticed was there was this old guy, who was younger than I am today, who I decided that I was going to be like. I wanted to emulate what he was doing, and one of those things was he got to work before anybody else.

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn’t for you. It’s for the Presidency.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.

It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

My game is really played above time. I don’t say that like I’m saying I’m ahead of my time. I’m saying, like, if I’m on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I’ve thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that’s the right place to go to.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Exploration by real people inspires us.

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

Even if the economy crashes, we will still burn oil.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Just as discipline and freedom are opposing forces that must be balanced, leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities between one extreme and another.

As president, I’m committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Leadership is influence.

Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

I’ve been a mogul and executive since the beginning of my career. People are just born with that skill.

Electrical science has disclosed to us the more intimate relation existing between widely different forces and phenomena and has thus led us to a more complete comprehension of Nature and its many manifestations to our senses.

I’ve been to Disneyland, like, 10 times. I’m getting really tired of Disneyland.

Even if the politics needed doesn’t exist today, we still need to use our voices to make sure that the people in power are focused on the right things. Because this is a democracy, and in a democracy, people are the ones who run the country.

Once people are aware of your presence, and perhaps vaguely intrigued, you need to stir their interest before it settles on someone else.