"In the United States, we do a pretty good job of protecting iconic landscapes and postcard views, but the ocean gets no respect."

"Drill everything, mine everything, roll back regulations, tweak the science, expedite permits. Sound familiar? The Republicans offer up more 19th-Century solutions to our 21st-Century energy problems."

"The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power."

"In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event."

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony."

"Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time."

"The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife."

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."