This afternoon, I've arranged for this ceremony to be illuminated by solar power.
Interpretation
Jimmy Carter emphasizes the importance of using renewable energy, showcasing a practical application of solar power.
In this quote, Jimmy Carter highlights the significance of renewable energy, specifically solar power, by stating that a ceremony will be illuminated by it. This statement not only represents a commitment to sustainable practices but also serves as a demonstration of how modern technology can coexist with traditional values, suggesting that energy choices can positively impact society and the environment.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech about renewable energy.
Acknowledging the physical realities of our planet does not mean a dismal future of endless sacrifice. In fact, acknowledging these realities is the first step in dealing with them. We can meet the resource problems of the world - water, food, minerals, farmlands, forests, overpopulation, pollution - if we tackle them with courage and foresight.
The preeminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonization of Palestine.
I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don't believe in global warming. I think they are going to change their position because of pressure from individuals, because the evidence of the ravages of global warming is already there.
If I were president, I'd be very glad to see the Palestinians have a nation recognized by the United Nations. There's no downside to it.
My understanding of racial discrimination as a child was highly distorted because the most prominent man in Archery was an African-American bishop. When he came home from up north, where he was in charge of A.M.E. churches in five states, it was front-page news. He was the most successful man in my life.
Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.
On Venus you could cook a 16-inch pepperoni pizza in seven seconds, just by holding it out to the air. (Yes, I did the math.)
I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three billion steps of the human genome.
I always think of space-time as being the real substance of space, and the galaxies and the stars just like the foam on the ocean.
In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.
I am disappointed because nobody is talking about food and agriculture. They're talking about the diets of children, but they're talking about Band-Aids. We're not seeing a vision.
If you go into science, I think you better go in with a dream that maybe you, too, will get a Nobel Prize. It's not that I went in and I thought I was very bright and I was going to get one, but I'll confess, you know, I knew what it was.
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