Al Gore Quotes

I think I may have a future as a disembodied head.

The rule of reason is the true sovereign in the American system.

Feb. 9, 1999 Dear Friend, Without your previous support, Bill Clinton and I would not have won our victories for the American people in 1992 and 1996. ... And to win in 2000, I need you by my side.

It should be lifted above partisanship because it's a question of survival. It's a moral issue.

You need to really scrub your investment portfolios, because I guarantee you, many of you are going to find them chock-full of subprime carbon assets.

A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle and doing something about it.

As important as it is to change the light bulbs, its more important to change the laws

A leapord never changes his stripes.

I'm asking you in your sermons to do the work of the Lord here on earth. I ask for your help in getting that message out urgently tomorrow.

It's as if we think the laws of physics are subject to debate and amendment and political contributions can sway the laws of physics.

I saw the logarithmic growth of computer power.

Cigarette smoking is a significant contributor to global warming!

The climate crisis requires a bottom-up, grassroots demand for solutions because the elites in many parts of the world are under the influence of old industry.

The ten hottest years in the atmospheric record, going back only 160 years, have been in the last eleven years.

Those who are quick to feel disrespected often have a spiritual vacuum in their lives, because they feel disconnected to the love of their Father in Heaven.

Speaking from my own religious tradition in this Christmas season, 2,000 years ago a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child in a manger because the inn was full.

Fake news has been around as long as news has been around.

I remain optimistic that ultimately free speech and a free press where individuals have access to the dialogue will have a self-correcting quality.

I understand that being optimistic in this age is challenging, but I am optimistic nonetheless.

When you're going through an emotional experience and you're focussed completely on what's happening, you can't even spare any attention that the camera's there.

The truth about the climate crisis is still inconvenient for the large carbon polluters and the politicians who are in their pockets.

The existence of the EPA regulation will require large carbon polluters to look at their hole cards, and some of them have decided that they much prefer legislation.

American democracy has been hacked.

We need to put a price on carbon. This needs to be a priority for all of us in how we vote.

I am a passionate advocate of getting special interest money out of politics.

I don't have the illusion that there's any position or role in the world with as much potential for bringing about change as that of president of the United States.

The United States is the only nation that can lead the world toward a solution on climate change.

The physical relationship between CO2 molecules and the atmosphere and the trapping of heat is as well-established as gravity, for God's sakes. It's not some mystery.

The oil industry has outpaced the building of a public consensus of the implications of climate science.

You can say the Earth is flat, but it doesn't mean you're going to fall off the edge.

I feel passionate about solving the climate crisis.

There are some bright spots, to be sure, but the internet is still in a Wild West phase, as was the case during the early age of the printing press as well.

George Orwell once wrote that a false belief sooner or later collides with physical reality, usually on a battlefield.

In an economic recession, naturally, when you ask people to list their priorities, they're going to place a higher priority on the immediate economic situation.

When we respond to threats immediately and take action right away, it's usually the threats that we're hard-wired to respond to, the kinds of things that our ancestors survived.

It's not at all new for wealthy and powerful interests to try to hide the ball and ignore independent analyses of relevant facts.

You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices.

I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them.

Although I have a variety of obligations, the climate crisis is my central concern.

The truth is that climate change is presenting the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced.

We have to use our reasoning capacity and set long-term goals based on our deepest values.

Israel has its own right as a nation to defend its national security.

Your heart is the size of your fist; keep loving, keep fighting.

Looking for the perfect day is not going to make us happy, because that day isn't going to come.

Artists and writers have to understand and live the truth that what we are doing is nourishing the world.

When you study postpartum depression, there is a very clear understanding that in communities where you see more support, there is less depression.

They say change gets more difficult as we get older - each year we're more stuck in our ways, more reluctant to learn something new.

Nourish the world with your words, yo.

A lot of positive psychology is stuck in being the psychology of privilege, and I reject that.

In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women.