An Inconvenient Truth Quotes
Al Gore: [quoting Mark Twain] What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so.
Movie: An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore: I'm Al Gore, I used to be the next president of the United States of America. [laughter and applause from audience]
Al Gore: I don't find that particularly funny.
Al Gore: I don't find that particularly funny.
Movie: An Inconvenient Truth
[Looking at a picture of a scientist observing a set of scales that hold the globe on one side and a stack of gold bars on the other]
Al Gore: We have here a scales that balances two different things. On one side, we have *gold* bars! Mmmmmm, don't they look good? I'd just like to have some of those gold bars. Mmmmm. On the other side of the scales... um... THE ENTIRE PLANET! Hmmmm... [the audience laughs]
Al Gore: I think this is a false choice for two reasons: number one, if we don't *have* a planet... [laughter]
Al Gore: The other reason is that, if we do the *right* thing, then we're gonna create a lot of wealth, and we're gonna create a lot of jobs, because doing the right thing moves us forward."
Al Gore: We have here a scales that balances two different things. On one side, we have *gold* bars! Mmmmmm, don't they look good? I'd just like to have some of those gold bars. Mmmmm. On the other side of the scales... um... THE ENTIRE PLANET! Hmmmm... [the audience laughs]
Al Gore: I think this is a false choice for two reasons: number one, if we don't *have* a planet... [laughter]
Al Gore: The other reason is that, if we do the *right* thing, then we're gonna create a lot of wealth, and we're gonna create a lot of jobs, because doing the right thing moves us forward."
Movie: An Inconvenient Truth