What did James Lovelock mean by: I’m not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen. - James Lovelock Scientist · United Kingdom Copy
+ Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Lovelock, 0 - James Lovelock Scientist · United Kingdom
+ An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Lovelock, Clever, Host, Viruses, 0 - James Lovelock Scientist · United Kingdom
+ For each of our actions there are only consequences. Feraz Zeid, September 9, 2023December 26, 2023, James Lovelock, Action, Consequence, 0 - James Lovelock Scientist · United Kingdom
+ Science always uses metaphor. Feraz Zeid, September 4, 2023December 24, 2023, James Lovelock, Metaphor, 0 - James Lovelock Scientist · United Kingdom
+ I’ve got personal views on the ’60s. You can’t have freedom without paying the price for it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Lovelock, 0 - James Lovelock Scientist · United Kingdom
+ Civilization in its present form hasn’t got long. Feraz Zeid, June 18, 2023December 12, 2023, James Lovelock, Civilization, Form, 0 - James Lovelock Scientist · United Kingdom
+ I wouldn’t be against them (large wind turbines) if they actually worked. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Lovelock, Wind, 0 - James Lovelock Scientist · United Kingdom
+ There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Lovelock, Evidence, Individual, 0 - James Lovelock Scientist · United Kingdom
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I’ll do some great, awful painting about her. - Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
I started to realise that being impolite saves an awful lot of time and costs you nothing. - Jeremy Clarkson Television presenter · England
The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators. - Francois Guizot French Statesman · France
There’s an awful lot of resources that can be drawn upon in an improvised music concert. - Fred Frith Composer
Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past. - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
