---
title: "2 Bomb Quotes By Geoffrey West"
description: "2 Bomb quotes by Geoffrey West. Plus more from Geoffrey West and more Bomb sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/geoffrey-west-7474_bomb_the-population-bomb-has-been-swept-under_2596046.jpg"
---

> [“the population bomb has been swept under the rug,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/the-population-bomb-has-been-swept-under-the-rug/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/geoffrey-west-7474_bomb_the-population-bomb-has-been-swept-under_2596046.jpg)

> [When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up with bomb sites everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/when-i-first-saw-california-it-was-extraordinary-because-i-came-from/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/geoffrey-west-7474_because_when-i-first-saw-california-it-was-extra_2932781.jpg)

## Other authors on Bomb

## More by Geoffrey West

> [I spent most of my career doing high-energy physics, quarks, dark matter, string theory and so on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/i-spent-most-of-my-career-doing-high-energy-physics-quarks-dark/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [Your cells are not working as hard as your dog's but harder than your horse's. The bigger the animal, the less energy needed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/your-cells-are-not-working-as-hard-as-your-dog-s-but-harder-than-your/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“While exponential growth is a remarkable manifestation of our extraordinary accomplishments as a species, built into it are the potential seeds of our demise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/while-exponential-growth-is-a-remarkable-manifestation-of-our/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social organization and economy and even culture that is, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/one-of-the-remarkable-things-about-slums-is-that-they-do-develop/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“The system we have evolved critically relies on people continually wanting new cars and new cell phones, new widgets and gadgets, new clothes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/the-system-we-have-evolved-critically-relies-on-people-continually/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“Cities are sustained by similar network systems such as roads, railways, and electrical lines that transport people, energy, and resources and whose flow is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/cities-are-sustained-by-similar-network-systems-such-as-roads/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [When you look at a city, you know, it looks so unique. You feel this kind of uniqueness, you know, and especially if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/when-you-look-at-a-city-you-know-it-looks-so-unique-you-feel-this/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“It’s extremely difficult to kill a city! On”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/it-s-extremely-difficult-to-kill-a-city-on/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“Perhaps, then, the most surprising consequence of a visionary Theory of Everything is that it implies that on the grand scale the universe, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/perhaps-then-the-most-surprising-consequence-of-a-visionary-theory-of/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“It is all too often forgotten that the whole point of a city is to bring people together, to facilitate interaction, and thereby to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/it-is-all-too-often-forgotten-that-the-whole-point-of-a-city-is-to/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“The integration of these two kinds of networks, namely, the requirement that socioeconomic interaction represented by space-filling fractal-like social networks must be anchored to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/the-integration-of-these-two-kinds-of-networks-namely-the-requirement/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“So why do almost all cities remain viable, whereas the vast majority of companies and organisms die?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/so-why-do-almost-all-cities-remain-viable-whereas-the-vast-majority/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“The existence of these remarkable regularities strongly suggests that there is a common conceptual framework underlying all of these very different highly complex phenomena…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/the-existence-of-these-remarkable-regularities-strongly-suggests-that/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [“Unfortunately, however, there is another serious catch. Theory dictates that such discoveries must occur at an increasingly accelerating pace; the time between successive innovations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/unfortunately-however-there-is-another-serious-catch-theory-dictates/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

> [Exciting cities stay exciting, and boring cities stay boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/exciting-cities-stay-exciting-and-boring-cities-stay-boring/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/geoffrey-west/#itemlist",
            "name": "2 Bomb Quotes By Geoffrey West",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“the population bomb has been swept under the rug,”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Geoffrey West"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/the-population-bomb-has-been-swept-under-the-rug/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/geoffrey-west-7474_bomb_the-population-bomb-has-been-swept-under_2596046.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/geoffrey-west-7474_bomb_the-population-bomb-has-been-swept-under_2596046.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/geoffrey-west-7474_bomb_the-population-bomb-has-been-swept-under_2596046.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“the population bomb has been swept under the rug,” — Geoffrey West",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up with bomb sites everywhere.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Geoffrey West"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/when-i-first-saw-california-it-was-extraordinary-because-i-came-from/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/geoffrey-west-7474_because_when-i-first-saw-california-it-was-extra_2932781.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/geoffrey-west-7474_because_when-i-first-saw-california-it-was-extra_2932781.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/geoffrey-west-7474_because_when-i-first-saw-california-it-was-extra_2932781.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still…” — Geoffrey West",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/geoffrey-west/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/geoffrey-west/",
            "name": "Bomb Quotes by Geoffrey West",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/geoffrey-west/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/geoffrey-west-7474_bomb_the-population-bomb-has-been-swept-under_2596046.jpg"
            },
            "description": "2 Bomb quotes by Geoffrey West. Plus more from Geoffrey West and more Bomb sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/geoffrey-west/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/geoffrey-west/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Bomb",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Geoffrey West",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/geoffrey-west/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```