Why is it so easy to save the banks - but so hard to save the biosphere?

August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad.

Nobody ever rioted for austerity.

Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.

When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call you a communist.

The Christians stole the winter solstice from the pagans, and capitalism stole it from the Christians.

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

In motivating people to love and defend the natural world, an ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair.

Like other lifeforms, we [humans] exist only to replicate ourselves.

Change arises from conviction. Stop voting in fear. Start voting for hope.

Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware.

Aw, you’re nothing but heart, Mako. Nice valentine in your skull, by the way. Is that temporary or did the Tanaka-kai change their daimon to attract the Powerpuff Girls crowd?

Furthermore, he had beautiful eyes.

I have resisted temptation for two and a half minutes at least: my redemption is sure.

You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Marriage is only good for two things: tax breaks and adultery.

Marshawn Lynch is the heart of this team. If he's not going, the Seahawks aren't going.

He who has failed three times sets up as an instructor.

Now there are times when I have to make big decisions as I'm now running a company and that it's OK to go with being respected first.

I'd rather be this walking metamorphosis than having that old formed opinion about everything.

The Earth cannot wait 60 years. I want a future for my children and my children's children. The clock is ticking.