Impact is rewarding. Mattering makes us happy.
We have to get out of the mind-set of saying, "No matter how hard we try, we will have accidents," and into "We will not have accidents. "
The critics don't build great cities
Its important not to focus so much on the statistics, but [on people's] perceptions.
I have flown ValuJet, ValuJet is a safe airline, as is our entire aviation system.
Many trees planted around a home reduce the need for air conditioning.
I do not underestimate the difficulty of the challenge that global climate change presents to us. It will take a significant effort and the best talent and technology we have to solve the problem.
What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else that the default condition of historical trajectories is characteristically beneficial in the long-run.
I'm not good," he said, piercing me with eyes that absorbed all light but reflected none, "but I was worse.
The romance is the primary plot in a story that has two plots. The second plot is not a subplot, but one that is interwoven with the romance plot (if that makes sense. ) A story needs compelling characters in a compelling plot.
The world has no idea how much it owes to the presence of righteous men in it.