Henry Paulson Quotes

The economic impacts of global warming and climate change are every bit as real as the environmental impact..

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

A decision delayed is health protection denied.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

Or is there no such thing as 'too late'? Is there only 'late' and is 'late' always better than 'never'? I don't know.

When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.

If you wait until you are ready, it is almost certainly too late.

To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken.

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details.

All urgent calls he shall hear at once, but never put off; for when postponed, they will prove too hard or impossible to accomplish.

If you don't look for a problem, you won't find it.

History punishes those who come too late.

[Cost-benefit analysis is used:] ... to produce lofty academic-sounding reasons for endless inaction.

The earlier you start to solve a problem, the less draconian the solution needs to be.

Better reap two days too soon than one day too late

There are those who say that climate change is a hoax, a concoction of radical environmentalists and a liberal media. That is simply hogwash.... To ignore and dismiss the threat of climate change to the economy and the environment is like insisting the earth is flat.

The risks of inaction are far greater than the risks of action.

We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late... The science is clear. The global warming debate is over.

Climate Change is a fact!

When a government faces an evil that might be avoided, the usual pattern is to first debate whether or not the evil is real or imagined; then determine how evil it really is; then is it an appropriate function of government to avoid it? Then what are the alternative ways to avoid it? Then what are the costs to avoid it? And finally, is the benefit of avoiding the evil worth the cost? In those cases where it is, it is by this time too late to avoid the evil and discussions shift to ameliorating the evil.

… work [jobs] and the environment should not be played off against each other.