The Parrot and the Igloo Quotes

“The story this book tells is about the people who made our world; then the people who realized there might be a problem; then the people who lied about that problem.”
― David Lipsky, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial

“History is full of stories that aren’t actually true. —LORD CHRISTOPHER MONCKTON”
― David Lipsky, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial

“Keep America Beautiful held the line against recycling for two decades.”
― David Lipsky, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial

“(Also how Marcel Proust defined the writing job: take two sets of phenomena, find their “common essence.”)”
― David Lipsky, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial

“Remember that nothing that’s any good works by itself, just to please you. You got to make the damn thing work. . . . Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
― David Lipsky, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial

“What’s the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions, if in the end all we’re willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true? —DR. SHERWOOD ROWLAND”
― David Lipsky, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial