Top 19 John Michael Greer Quotes
#1. Writers and artists know that ethereal moment, when just one, fleeting something
a chill, an echo, the click of a lamp, a question - -ignites the flame of an entire work that blazes suddenly into consciousness.
Nadine C. Keels
#2. Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.
Malcolm Fraser
#3. My eyesight's gone, my reflexes are shot, and I can't stay awake, but thank God I can still drive.
Robert Breault
#4. It would be a terrible mistake to go through life thinking that people are the sum total of what you see.
Jonathan Tropper
#6. Between the poor and any appreciation for modern science stands a wall made of failed schools, defunded libraries, denied opportunities, and the systematic use of science and technology to benefit other people at their [the poor's] expense.
John Michael Greer
#7. You need to study, to examine deeply the field you are interested in
Sunday Adelaja
#8. I want to make it clear that the lobbying sector does an important job. It is very useful to the government to hear the views of a broad range of groups to make sure we get the best.
Andrew Lansley
#9. EROEI [energy returned on energy invested, or net energy] is to a civilization what gross profit is to a business, the source of the surplus that supports the entire enterprise.
John Michael Greer
#10. Yes, in general, I think there is too much club football on TV.
Sepp Blatter
#11. Sean O'Connell: Sometimes I don't. If I like a moment, for me, personally, I don't like to have the distraction of the camera. I just want to stay in it.
James Thurber
#12. There's no such thing as technology in the singular, only technologies in the plural.
John Michael Greer
#13. Of course, economic forecasts must be revised when new information arrives and are thus necessarily provisional.
Ben Bernanke
#14. The future is under no obligation to wait patiently while we get ready for it.
John Michael Greer
#16. She wished Michael had had a grandfather like this guy Morty, someone to tell him, "It's a rotten deal, the house always wins. Just sit at the table and play for all you're worth." Instead of one who showed him how to die.
Janet Fitch
#17. Authenticity is about where it comes from; validity is about whether it works.
John Michael Greer
#18. Don't you know about the praying mantis that waved its arms angrily in front of an approaching carriage, unaware that they were incapable of stopping it? Such was the high opinion it had of its talents.
Zhuangzi
#19. Congressional Republicans are dismantling the limited environmental protections initiated by Richard Nixon, who would be something of a dangerous radical in today's political scene.
Noam Chomsky
