--- title: "7 Growth Sake Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Growth Sake quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Growth Sake sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/edward-abbey-254_arizona_they-cannot-see-that-growth-for-the-sake_1092060.png" --- > [“They cannot see that growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness, that Phoenix and Albuquerque will not be better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/they-cannot-see-that-growth-for-the-sake-of-growth-is-a-cancerous/) [Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/edward-abbey-254_arizona_they-cannot-see-that-growth-for-the-sake_1092060.png) > [“The GDP rises whenever money changes hands…The whole thing is reminiscent of Edward Abbey's reflection that "growth for the sake of growth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-robbins/the-gdp-rises-whenever-money-changes-hands-the-whole-thing-is/) [John Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/john-robbins-13829_cancer_the-gdp-rises-whenever-money-changes-han_1701566.png) > [“growth for growth’s sake is the logic of a cancer cell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/growth-for-growth-s-sake-is-the-logic-of-a-cancer-cell/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/jo-nesb-2258_cancer_growth-for-growth-s-sake-is-the-logic-of_1978228.jpg) > [Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/growth-for-the-sake-of-growth-is-the-ideology-of-the-cancer-cell/) [Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/edward-abbey-254_cancer_growth-for-the-sake-of-growth-is-the-ide_2267363.png) > [“We have reached a stage where we often pursue growth for growth’s sake, a condition that in medical terminology would simply be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-laloux/we-have-reached-a-stage-where-we-often-pursue-growth-for-growth-s/) [Frederic Laloux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-laloux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/frederic-laloux-81375_cancer_we-have-reached-a-stage-where-we-often-p_2375419.jpg) > [Where America has got to move is not growth for the sake of growth, but it's got to move to a society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/where-america-has-got-to-move-is-not-growth-for-the-sake-of-growth/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/bernie-sanders-233_america_where-america-has-got-to-move-is-not-gro_3123644.jpg) > [People have been convinced that growth for growth's sake is a good thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/people-have-been-convinced-that-growth-for-growth-s-sake-is-a-good/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/tom-scholz-11209_convinced_people-have-been-convinced-that-growth-f_3186311.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/growth-sake/#itemlist", "name": "Growth Sake Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They cannot see that growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness, that Phoenix and Albuquerque will not be better cities to live in when their populations are doubled again and again. 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