Al Gore quote: "Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing that. That, plus helping women gain political and economic power and safeguarding their reproductive rights."

I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are co...
AL GORE

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
AL GORE

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
AL GORE

The entire North Polar ice cap is disappearing before our very eyes. It's been the size of the c...
AL GORE

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.
AL GORE

How could this [Y2K] be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?
AL GORE

No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glo...
AL GORE

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the...
AL GORE

I think his legacy is going to be the natural environment, improving the green spaces of our country...
AL GORE

The day I made that statement, [about the inventing the internet] I was tired because I'd been up al...
AL GORE

The thoughtless way in which visas are now handled, that is a mistake. The worst thing we can possib...
AL GORE

Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume th...
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to mend some fences, both literally and figuratively.
AL GORE

The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work ...
AL GORE

The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up...
AL GORE

I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America.
AL GORE

I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is g...
AL GORE

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.
AL GORE

In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscene...
AL GORE

Today we're dumping 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the environment, and tomorr...
AL GORE

As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil ...
AL GORE

I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.
AL GORE

Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a c...
AL GORE

I drive a hybrid, and we've changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and g...
AL GORE

Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain...
AL GORE

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin ...
AL GORE

Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We ha...
AL GORE

Surveillance technologies now available - including the monitoring of virtually all digital informat...
AL GORE

There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dram...
AL GORE

I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoev...
AL GORE

Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could ev...
AL GORE

I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are ...
AL GORE

As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyd...
AL GORE

There is the natural tendency that all of us are vulnerable to, to deny unpleasant realities and to ...
AL GORE

The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for chan...
AL GORE

If the only tool we use to analyse what's valuable is a price tag, then those things that don...
AL GORE

I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fash...
AL GORE

The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The q...
AL GORE

The golden thread of reason that used to be stretched taut to mark the boundary between the known an...
AL GORE

The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice ...
AL GORE

If you want your energy bills to go up, you should support an ever greater dependence on foreign oil...
AL GORE

There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the...
AL GORE

The first less is this: take it from me, every vote counts.
AL GORE

George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun ris...
AL GORE

I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be importan...
AL GORE

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may ...
AL GORE

When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary ...
AL GORE

The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into...
AL GORE

The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis ha...
AL GORE

We are thrilled our prayers have been answered and that Molly and her companions are safe.
AL GORE

For a free country to continue thriving, there have to be regular reforms, because any society, any ...
AL GORE

To use a Southern euphemism, our space program has been snake-bit.
AL GORE

Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativi...
AL GORE

How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?
AL GORE

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase i...
AL GORE

a river ran through it.
AL GORE

Make no mistake about it. The leadership of Bill Clinton is making a huge difference for the childre...
AL GORE

We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.
AL GORE

the only way to avoid having a cloud over the next president is to count all the votes
AL GORE

I don't think NAEP scores give a broad enough view of what is happening in the schools,
AL GORE

I would not want to win the presidency by a few votes cast in error or misinterpreted or miscounted,...
AL GORE

There's a good chance the election could be decided definitively by Tuesday night's debate,
AL GORE

[The Texas governor on Tuesday told CBS's] 60 Minutes II ... 'We've run the string, we've done all w...
AL GORE

What we do know about that pervasive wiretapping virtually compels the conclusion that the president...
AL GORE

As president, I will bring all the parties and stakeholders together. I am going to ... come up with...
AL GORE

What we're proposing is a comprehensive approach that focuses on the classroom. The difference is we...
AL GORE

I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.
AL GORE

Steve and his team have done an incredible job in making Apple once again the very best in the world...
AL GORE

Who are these people? (To a tour guide at Monticello after seeing busts of George Washington and Ben...
AL GORE

At the base of our involvement in research lies the trust of American people and the integrity of th...
AL GORE

As the campaign moves forward and when appropriate, I will have more to say about this.
AL GORE

If you are with your running mate on stage and the crowd is cheering, you know, you just say whateve...
AL GORE

I have been surprised at the amount of commentary and reaction to it. I really have, because to me, ...
AL GORE

I think he [George W. Bush] has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more ...
AL GORE

I invented the internet.
AL GORE

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.
AL GORE

We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country...
AL GORE

did not have to take the election away form Al Gore: He and his campaign gave it away themselves.
AL GORE

If you are going after Jesse James, you ought to organize the posse first
AL GORE

The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every...
AL GORE

There's a big difference between the two parties, Bradley said.
AL GORE

While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in th...
AL GORE

Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmen...
AL GORE

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two f...
AL GORE

The New Ham Radio.
AL GORE

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
AL GORE

I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be importan...
AL GORE

This agreement will serve as both a tribute to a true American hero who led our nation through its d...
AL GORE

I am not going to accept that label.
AL GORE

Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.
AL GORE

I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I've relayed to popular audiences...
AL GORE

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.
AL GORE

There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of fut...
AL GORE

People will not put their faith, their trust or their cash into electronic commerce if they feel tha...
AL GORE

The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the...
AL GORE

CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally... Changing that pattern requires a scope,...
AL GORE

I see myself in the mold of Rin Tin Tin. It didn't go to his head either.
AL GORE

As president, I will bring all the parties and stakeholders together. I am going to come up with a s...
AL GORE

A zebra does not change its spots.
AL GORE

I'm old enough to know that a red carpet's just a rug, and I've been able to enjoy the p...
AL GORE

Global warming, along with the cutting and burning of forests and other critical habitats, is causin...
AL GORE

As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first...
AL GORE

China has led the world in new tree planting; in fact, over the last several years, China has plante...
AL GORE

Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, 'Well, so-and-so will like this,' which ...
GORE VIDAL

McCain is significant in the sense that he has no significance at all on any subject.
GORE VIDAL

I can understand companionship.
GORE VIDAL

Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He u...
GORE VIDAL

The first grown-up book that I read on my own was a nineteenth-century edition of 'Tales from Li...
GORE VIDAL

I'm not paranoid, no. I'm different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
GORE VIDAL

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose p...
GORE VIDAL

The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country - and we haven't seen them ...
GORE VIDAL

As for civil liberties, any one who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a pol...
GORE VIDAL

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No Fi...
GORE VIDAL

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
GORE VIDAL

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some eviden...
GORE VIDAL

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.
GORE VIDAL

I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.
GORE VIDAL

I find in most novels no imagination at all. They seem to think the highest form of the novel is to ...
GORE VIDAL

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
GORE VIDAL

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness witho...
GORE VIDAL

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps twenty players, an...
GORE VIDAL

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness...
GORE VIDAL

Never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
GORE VIDAL

For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures ar...
GORE VIDAL

Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is...
GORE VIDAL

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence...
GORE VIDAL

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
GORE VIDAL

It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Fr...
GORE VIDAL

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
GORE VIDAL

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo -- or heterosex...
GORE VIDAL

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex cer...
GORE VIDAL

I don't know if my mother was a narcissist - or bi-polar or borderline. Those were words she tos...
ARIEL GORE

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
GORE VIDAL

Never have children, only grand children.
GORE VIDAL

Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described,...
GORE VIDAL

I'm exactly as I appear. There is no warm lovable person inside. Beneath my cold exterior, once you ...
GORE VIDAL

When Ronald Reagan's career in show business came to an end, he was hired to impersonate, first, a C...
GORE VIDAL

How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time...
GORE VIDAL

There is hardly an American male of my generation who has not at one time or another tried to master...
GORE VIDAL

Of course, it is possible for any citizen with time to spare, and a canny eye, to work out what is a...
GORE VIDAL

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western World. No Fi...
GORE VIDAL

You're talking to someone who really understands rock music.
TIPPER GORE

For half a century, photography has been the art form of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are...
GORE VIDAL

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to ill...
GORE VIDAL

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.
GORE VIDAL

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers, their sexual lives ...
GORE VIDAL

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But the...
GORE VIDAL

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues an...
GORE VIDAL

Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning wh...
GORE VIDAL

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imag...
GORE VIDAL

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
GORE VIDAL

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, ...
GORE VIDAL

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours,...
GORE VIDAL

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
GORE VIDAL

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers, their sexual live...
GORE VIDAL

Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.
GORE VIDAL

Style is knowing who you are, what to say, and not giving a damn.
GORE VIDAL

All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which ...
GORE VIDAL

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence t...
GORE VIDAL

It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we...
GORE VIDAL

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
GORE VIDAL

Settling other people's land is an American tradition.
ARIEL GORE

I'm a born-again atheist.
GORE VIDAL

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes i...
GORE VIDAL

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
GORE VIDAL

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
GORE VIDAL

It is true, as Sartre once wrote, referring to French Army atrocities in Algeria, that the real trag...
GORE VIDAL

We are the United States of Amnesia, which is encouraged by a media that has no desire to tell us th...
GORE VIDAL

For every Scott Fitzgerald concerned with the precise word and the selection of relevant incident, t...
GORE VIDAL

I'm allergic to caffeine. When I have it, my throat gets sore, and I get a rash.
KRISTIN GORE

I've never been socially outgoing, but I suspect I've gotten more and more ambivalent about ...
ARIEL GORE

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a deb...
GORE VIDAL

My respect for animation has gone way up. It's a truckload of work. I have to sit with my animat...
GORE VERBINSKI

My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something y...
GORE VERBINSKI

Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor...
GORE VERBINSKI

If you imagine yourself as a craftsman at ILM, you spend your days tumbling buses and animating shar...
GORE VERBINSKI

Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
GORE VIDAL

When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, wh...
MARTIN GORE

The wrists, the Achilles' tendons, and the neck are some of the weakest points of the human body...
KRISTIN GORE

In actuality, 'Sammy's House' can and should be read as an entirely fictional comedy set...
KRISTIN GORE

When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts ...
ARIEL GORE

Because there is no cosmic point to the life that each of us perceives on this distant bit of dust a...
GORE VIDAL

I am a novelist turned temporary adventurer, and I chose to write television, movies and plays for m...
GORE VIDAL

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
GORE VIDAL

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
GORE VIDAL

I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me h...
ARIEL GORE

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning th...
GORE VIDAL

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.
GORE VIDAL

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to ill...
GORE VIDAL

There is only one party in the United States: the Property party... and it has two right wings: Repu...
GORE VIDAL

To invent a war means that you've become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not al...
GORE VIDAL

By 1939, the Depression was back. Unemployment was huge. Roosevelt didn't have any quick fix. Re...
GORE VIDAL

It's always best to stay out of other people's divorces. And their civil wars.
GORE VIDAL

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the t...
GORE VIDAL

Technology is a bit of a double-edged sword. Used right, it's a wonderful tool, but unfortunatel...
MARTIN GORE

I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased beha...
GORE VIDAL

Walter Lippmann suggests that the United States behaves like a society which thinks it is complete w...
GORE VIDAL

As far as I'm concerned, collaboration is the essence of life. It's wonderful to be able to ...
LESLEY GORE

Fortunately, our audiences are used to a kind of boredom in the theatre, and if the writer is skillf...
GORE VIDAL

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But the...
GORE VIDAL

Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing that. That, plus helping women gain political and economic power and safeguarding their reproductive rights.

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Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing that. That, plus helping women gain political and economic power and safeguarding their reproductive rights.

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