#precede

As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions. ↗

— Al Gore

#before #beings #change #climate #climate change

I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record. ↗

— Zane Grey

#did #during #i #record #spell

When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it. ↗

— Owen Hart

#canadian #ever #held #i #kind

The Obama administration's attempted short-term fixes, even with unprecedented monetary easing by the Federal Reserve, produced average GDP growth of just 2.2% over the past three years, and the consensus outlook appears no better for the year ahead. ↗

— Glenn Hubbard

#ahead #appears #attempted #average #better

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#being #function #precedes #recognition

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#current #era #helping #historical #history

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#find #greatest #greatest pleasure #i #pleasure

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#constitutes #continue #find #greatest #greatest pleasure

We're living in an era of unprecedented change, and I want to be a part of documenting it. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#documenting #era #i #living #part

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#being #ever #having #home #me