If you give the government the right to determine the consumption of the human body, to determine whether one should smoke or… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which there is… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
We need way more intimacy than nearly anyone considers normal. Always hungry for it, we seek solace and sustenance in the closest… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Unless we do change our whole way of thought about work, I do not think we shall ever escape from the appalling… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
The United States consumes power per land-area at a rate three times the average. Even though they are more energy efficient, densely… — David J. C. MacKay Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks consumption can expand forever on a finite planet is either insane or an economist. — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
What is the most challenging is the industry of fashion is pushing for speedy consumption. — Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Copy Share Image
In the European Union, a fleet average of 95 grams of CO2 per kilometer will be permitted in 2020. This corresponds to… — Norbert Reithofer Copy Share Image
The planet's environmental woes tend to be overlooked as we scramble for the latest high-tech gizmos - and conveniently ignore their energy… — Sheherazade Goldsmith Copy Share Image
In a key--but commonly overlooked--aspect of obesity, weight gain can be caused by the slightest increases in consumption, if it continues day… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
“Get off the treadmill of consumption, replication, and mediocrity. Begin lifting the weights of creativity, originality, and success.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
We live in a climate of fear, and because of this whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion. — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada since the outbreak of war is one evidence of this. — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
Energy and fuel prices continue to rise, triggering fuel consumption concerns in the United States. — Dieter Zetsche Copy Share Image
Recycling is more expensive for communities than it needs to be, partly because traditional recycling tries to force materials into more lifetimes… — William McDonough Copy Share Image
As much as possible, and this as quickly as possible: that is what the great mental and emotional illness craves that is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist point of view, this is standing the truth on its head by considering goods as more important than people… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
When I was an adolescent, I was obsessed with having many commercial things, cars, clothes, stupid things. Now that I have all… — Till Lindemann Copy Share Image
“There's a hardness I'm seeing in modern people. Those little moments of goofiness that used to make the day pass seem to… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Advertising serves not so much to advertise products as to promote consumption as a way of life. It 'educates' the masses into… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
You're treated as though you're just a piece of meat, and you're there for consumption by men. I feel like the common… — Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Copy Share Image
Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
The dramatic threat of ecological breakdown is teaching us the extent to which greed and selfishness are contrary to the order of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It's fine if you're making 1,000 or 2,000 of an electric car, and I think there is value in that in a… — Rick Wagoner Copy Share Image
