George Akerlof Quotes

I think Al Gore has done a great service in making global warming cool. He's basically taken it from a nerdy, almost ignored issue to making it what it is - namely, a problem.

I never thought I'd be investigating global warming. I believe it's real and that saving the planet is good.

I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.

Climate change is a sanctity of human life issue.

If 98 doctors say my son is ill and needs medication and two say, “No, he doesn’t, he is fine,’ I will go with the 98. It’s common sense-the same with global warming. We go with the majority, the large majority...The key thing now is that since we know this industrial age has created it, let’s get our act together and do everything we can to roll it back.

We now know beyond a doubt that global warming is a reality. And the question we must all answer is, what are we going to do about it?

There can be no more burying our heads in the sand by being afraid to even mention the words 'climate change' aloud.

On this 50th Earth Day, we face a crisis unknown to those who gathered on the first Earth Day - the climate crisis.

We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about.

I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.

Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.

Climate change is real.

My father's generation's crisis was fighting fascism. Ours is fighting climate change. It is much harder because you can't see it, it is not an obvious threat. But the solution is in our hands.

What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us?

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.

Global warming is a political issue. It is as much a political issue to the left as abortion is. It's as big a political issue as health care is.

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.

Unlike many in the conservative camp, I accept theories of global warming, and accept that man-made activity has played a part in global warming. My differences have only been on what the solutions should be.

If each one of us does our bit, we will be helping to keep global warming from harming our countries.

The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.

There's no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases.

Romney has become reluctant to say that human activity causes global warming, and even in his greener days he was always somewhat cagey about which remedies he'd support.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

There is no global warming problem, there isn't going to be a global warming problem. Sit back and enjoy the sunshine.

Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.