“We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastr...” — Bjorn Lomborg Quote

“We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century.”

“I really try to say things as they basically are and it so happens that it is a good message that things are getting better, but there are still problems.”

“A style is the consequence of recurrent habits, restraints, or rules invented or inherited, written or overheard, intuitive or preconceived.”

“Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.”

“Famine is a consequence of poverty.”