--- title: "12 Gross National Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 12 Gross National quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Gross National sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/stewart-udall-12055_capitalism_gross-national-product-is-our-holy-grail_1360190.png" --- > [Gross National Product is our Holy Grail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-udall/gross-national-product-is-our-holy-grail/) [Stewart Udall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-udall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/stewart-udall-12055_capitalism_gross-national-product-is-our-holy-grail_1360190.png) > [The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-schumacher/the-substance-of-man-cannot-be-measured-by-gross-national-product/) [E. F. Schumacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-schumacher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/e-f-schumacher-8282_gross_the-substance-of-man-cannot-be-measured_218988.png) > [The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/the-gross-national-product-measures-everything-except-that-which/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/robert-kennedy-2083_gross_the-gross-national-product-measures-ever_2013468.jpg) > [“In a nutshell, Gross National Happiness seeks to measure a nation’s progress not by its balance sheet but rather by the happiness—or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-weiner/in-a-nutshell-gross-national-happiness-seeks-to-measure-a-nation-s/) [Eric Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-weiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/eric-weiner-1843_national-happiness_in-a-nutshell-gross-national-happiness-s_74379.jpg) > [The Gross National Product measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/the-gross-national-product-measures-neither-our-wit-nor-our-courage/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/robert-kennedy-2083_america_the-gross-national-product-measures-neit_255913.jpg) > [The gross national product includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/the-gross-national-product-includes-air-pollution-and-advertising-for/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/robert-kennedy-2083_advertising_the-gross-national-product-includes-air_684372.jpg) > [The Gross National Product includes the destruction of the redwoods and the death of Lake Superior. It grows with the production of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/the-gross-national-product-includes-the-destruction-of-the-redwoods/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/robert-kennedy-2083_children_the-gross-national-product-includes-the_442751.jpg) > [“The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/the-gross-national-product-does-not-allow-for-the-health-of-our-3/) [Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92a/robert-kennedy-2083_beauty_the-gross-national-product-does-not-allo_2332141.jpg) > [...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-gross-national-product-does-not-allow-for-the-health-of-our/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/anonymous-1_beauty_the-gross-national-product-does-not-allo_665765.jpg) > [Gross National Product measures neither the health of our children, the quality of their education, nor the joy of their play. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-francis-kennedy/gross-national-product-measures-neither-the-health-of-our-children/) [Robert Francis Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-francis-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/robert-francis-kennedy-53624_children_gross-national-product-measures-neither_1069165.jpg) > [“The Gross National Product does not include the beauty of our poetry or the intelligence of our public debate. It measures neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-brynjolfsson/the-gross-national-product-does-not-include-the-beauty-of-our-poetry/) [Erik Brynjolfsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-brynjolfsson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/erik-brynjolfsson-9007_beauty_the-gross-national-product-does-not-incl_2889853.jpg) > [“Our gross national product, now, is over eight hundred billion dollars a year, but that GNP--if we should judge America by that--counts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-liu/our-gross-national-product-now-is-over-eight-hundred-billion-dollars/) [Eric Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/eric-liu-9463_air-pollution_our-gross-national-product-now-is-over-e_1515990.jpg) ## Top authors on Gross National - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-kennedy-79927.jpg) Robert Kennedy 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gross-national/robert-kennedy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gross-national/#itemlist", "name": "Gross National Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Gross National Product is our Holy Grail.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stewart Udall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-udall/gross-national-product-is-our-holy-grail/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/stewart-udall-12055_capitalism_gross-national-product-is-our-holy-grail_1360190.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/stewart-udall-12055_capitalism_gross-national-product-is-our-holy-grail_1360190.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/stewart-udall-12055_capitalism_gross-national-product-is-our-holy-grail_1360190.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gross National Product is our Holy Grail.” — Stewart Udall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E. 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It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them. It counts the destruction of our redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children. Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. 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