Sandy Quotes

“Was Superstorm Sandy caused by greenhouse warming of the planet? In a word, no. Individual storms arise from specific conditions in the atmosphere. Since records have been kept, hurricanes have varied in number and intensity each season with cycles going up and coming down. The temptation to attribute any specific weather event to global warming distracts us from considering and adopting adaptive strategies, such as improving and expanding irrigation for agriculture and the water supply for cities, that will serve us well when climate changes inevitably arrives on our doorstep.”
― E. Kirsten Peters, The Whole Story of Climate: What Science Reveals About the Nature of Endless Change

“After seeing the devastation on the East coast. I've concluded that Sticks and Stone might break our bones. But Mother Nature can really tear up your stuff,”
― Stanley Victor Paskavich, Return to Stantasyland

“I admired how perfectly matched they seemed to be, and I started to wonder about my own, personal definition of love. Had it been wrong? Had it been the cause of my misery all these years? Was it possible that I had somehow adopted a skewed version somewhere along the way?”
― Morgan Parker, Non Friction

“Nice girl. Wears too much makeup."
"Most chicks hate her."
"Most chicks wish they looked like her. And they wish they had her money and boyfriend."
I stop and regard her in disgust. "Burro Face?"
"Oh, please, Alex. Colin Adams is cute, he's the captain of the football team and Fairfield's hero. You're like Danny Zuko in Grease. You smoke, you're in a gang, and you've dated the hottest bad girls around. Brittany is like Sandy ... a Sandy who'll never show up to school in a black leather jacket with a ciggie hangin' from her mouth. Give up the fantasy.”
― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry

“The USA is no longer the home of free speech.”
― Steven Magee

“Free speech is a fond memory of the past in the USA.”
― Steven Magee

“There are a lot of nice beaches from Kona to the north of Hawaii island and Hapuna beach is the famous one.”
― Steven Magee

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― David Varonin