Quote

We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there.

Al Gore

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Al Gore
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 31
Businessperson
Climate Activist
Environmentalist
Financier
Former Vice President Of The United States
Journalist
Politician
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Albert Arnold Gore
Albert Gore
Al Gore Jr.
Albert Arnold Gore Jr.
Albert Arnold Al Gore Jr.
Albert Gore Jr.
Gore
Anticipation
Opportunities
Crisis
Danger
Opportunity
Without
Sometimes
Emphasize
Focusing

More quotes by Al Gore

Image
We can believe in the future and work to achieve it and preserve it, or we can whirl blindly on, behaving as if one day there will be no children to inherit our legacy. The choice is ours the earth is in balance.
Al Gore
Image
In order to solve the climate crisis, we need to solve the democracy crisis.
Al Gore
Image
Fake news has been around as long as news has been around.
Al Gore
Image
We must also promote global access to the Internet. We need to bridge the digital divide not just within our country. But among countries. Only by giving people around the world access to this technology can they tap into the potential. Of the information age.
Al Gore
Image
As many know, the Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for danger, the second the symbol for opportunity.
Al Gore
Image
It's an important point, and every little bit helps not least because those who make those kinds of changes are more likely to make their voices heard as citizens. But the ultimate solutions are going to come through policies.
Al Gore
Image
Junkies find veins in their toes when the veins in their arms collapse. Developing tars sands is the equivalent.
Al Gore
Image
I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the American media landscape.
Al Gore
Image
Believe in the power of your own voice.
Al Gore
Image
I think the ethical standards established in this White House have been the highest in the history of the White House.
Al Gore
Image
I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering public opinion that reaches a critical mass and brings about a change not only in White House policies but in the Congress and in the state legislatures and all around the world.
Al Gore
Image
I will tell you that what gives me a sense of joy is having work to do that justifies pouring every ounce of energy I have into it. That's really a blessing to have in your life. And it gives you energy back when you have the privilege of doing work that makes you feel that way.
Al Gore
Image
I affirm my faith when I'm asked about it. But I always try to do so in a way that communicates absolute respect, not only for people who worship in a different way, but just as much respect for those who do not believe in God and who are atheists.
Al Gore
Image
There was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so.
Al Gore
Image
...the emergent capabilities bursting forth from the revolutionary advances in the life sciences are about to make us the principal agent of evolution.
Al Gore
Image
Science is warning us that if we do not quickly reduce the global warming pollution that is trapping so much of the heat our planet normally radiates back out of the atmosphere, we are in danger of creating a permanent 'carbon summer'.
Al Gore
Image
I think I may have a future as a disembodied head.
Al Gore
Image
We have to use our reasoning capacity and set long-term goals based on our deepest values.
Al Gore
Image
And nobody is talking about taking guns away from hunters or sportsmen or banning all guns. Nobody is talking about that.
Al Gore
Image
We are seeing every night on the television news now a nature hike through the Book of Revelation. These climate-related extreme weather events have convinced the vast majority of people that the scientists have been right for a long time. We have to address this.
Al Gore