Shishmaref Quotes

#1. The people of Shishmaref want their community to survive, but they are holding on to their legacy by a very delicate thread indeed. The threat of their land disappearing is only the beginning.

Amy J. Berg

#2. I chose to document the lives of people living in a remote village in Alaska called Shishmaref because there we can literally see how climate change is affecting their homes, livelihoods and ultimately their lives.

Amy J. Berg

#3. Our daily habits of driving, drilling, buying and supporting all of the economic benefits a free economy demands has cost us dearly, but none more so than for the people of Shishmaref.

Amy J. Berg

#4. As the people of Shishmaref lose their natural hunting grounds to the warming sea, they are forced to buy U.S. canned goods from the only local store on the island; however, this is not their natural diet and cannot sustain them throughout the year.

Amy J. Berg

#5. Astronomers sometimes observe that a star of medium magnitude increases suddenly in size; a star invisible to the naked eye may become very brilliant and visible without any telescope - the appearance of a Nova.

Frederic Joliot-Curie

#6. You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see Marvin Gaye and B.B. King and so here I am on television as an actor playing the part of this really sweet wholesome all American boy. The reality was I had a much different kind of teenage life.

David Cassidy

#7. A great poet can give nobler and more precious gifts to his country than the greatest philanthropist or politician.

Orna Ross

#8. When the tide goes out, you get to see who's swimming naked. PIMCO has had its bathing suit on for a long time

Bill Gross

#9. A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Gary Becker

#10. A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him.

Nathaniel Branden

#11. As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.

Daymond John

#12. I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform.

Sting

#13. Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway.

Claire McCaskill

#14. Everyone is drinking. She can feel them out there drinking, turning into beasts.

Anna Keesey

#15. We are prudent people. We are afraid to let go of our petty reality in order to grasp at a great shadow.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

#16. Kiss me, babe."'
"No, really." Beneath the light of a sixty-watt bulb on her porch, Adele Harris placed a hand on the chest of her latest date. "I've had enough excitement for one night.

Rachel Gibson

#17. In the end, even the stars withered and died.

Robert Gryn

#18. You did not sell nor wanted to buy me Ice cream.
You gave me my most favourite flavour.
Petra Hermans

Petra Hermans