I met a Californian who would/ Talk California --a state so blessed/ He said, in climate, none had ever died there/ A natural death, and Vigilance Committees/ Had had to organize to stock the graveyards/ And vindicate the state's humanity.

Despite the clear scientific consensus, a veritable brigade of self-proclaimed, underinformed armchair experts lurk on comment threads the world over, eager to pour scorn on climate science. Barrages of ad hominem attacks all too often await both the scientists working in climate research and journalists who communicate the research findings.

I go to school - to youth - to learn the future

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.