It's millions of times more efficient to collect hydroelectric power through a dam than raindrop by raindrop.
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.
Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
I'm a little bit damaged in about 15 different ways, and it's been nice that no particular damaged area has become a major issue. I'm a more than moderately healthy 65-year-old male who has gotten away with a lot of stuff.
A 20-pound weight on the back of a small horse is more damaging than a 20-pound weight on a very big horse.
Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it.
No agency is more acutely aware of how potentially damning and politically sensitive background investigations can be than the FBI; it conducts those investigations, after all.
'Great Expectations', in short, is a more damning account of the mess Dickens himself had made of love than any denunciation on behalf of the outraged wives club could ever be.
I always want to have more dancers in my company.
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
I'm a little more shy and not comfortable dancing in front of a large crowd.
America is turning inward, and that's making the whole world a more dangerous place.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has denounced negotiation with Iran as a 'historic mistake' that is making the world 'a more dangerous place.' His partners in Washington vigorously echo that view.
I hope, then, that every one who sees 'The Danish Girl' might be galvanized themselves to lead more authentic lives. How much lovelier would the world be then?
I think that I altered history in 'Elizabeth,' and I interpreted history far more than Danny Boyle or Richard Attenborough did to 'Slumdog Millionaire' or 'Gandhi.' They took Indian novels or Indian characters and very much stayed within the Indian diaspora.
Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know.
While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction.
We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur.
When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.