The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.
Freeman Dyson
If Barack Obama now, or some black person in the future, should become president, neither Jesse Jackson nor Al Sharpton would be out of a job. A... →
Michael Eric Dyson
The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
In order to predict effectively, we need to use science. And the reason that we need to use science is because then we can reproduce what we're... →
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
I am a person that when I go in the street, everybody knows me and goes: 'Oh, you are entering politics.' I want to do something positive for... →
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
Future benefits rarely figure in the minds of animals.
Frans de Waal
The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is fixed while the future is... →
Terry Eagleton
Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the... →
Sylvia Earle
Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an... →
Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for... →