--- title: "18 Overpopulated Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 18 Overpopulated quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Overpopulated sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/wayne-w-dyer-3866_old-style_in-today-s-overpopulated-world-we-simply_2045761.jpg" --- > [“In today’s overpopulated world, we simply cannot continue to live with those old styles of closed-mindedness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-w-dyer/in-today-s-overpopulated-world-we-simply-cannot-continue-to-live-with/) [Wayne W. Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-w-dyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/wayne-w-dyer-3866_old-style_in-today-s-overpopulated-world-we-simply_2045761.jpg) > [Are the prisons overpopulated, or is the population over-imprisoned ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/are-the-prisons-overpopulated-or-is-the-population-over-imprisoned/) [Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/michel-foucault-1134_crime_are-the-prisons-overpopulated-or-is-the_111010.jpg) > [“I spilled semen everywhere. No wonder the world is overpopulated. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-spilled-semen-everywhere-no-wonder-the-world-is-overpopulated/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/jarod-kintz-2_quote_i-spilled-semen-everywhere-no-wonder-the_1636899.jpg) > [Wyman's overpopulated universe is in many ways unlovely. It offends the aesthetic sense of us who have a taste for desert landscapes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-van-orman-quine/wyman-s-overpopulated-universe-is-in-many-ways-unlovely-it-offends/) [Willard Van Orman Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-van-orman-quine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/willard-van-orman-quine-10137_aesthetic_wyman-s-overpopulated-universe-is-in-man_1127635.jpg) > [The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/the-way-to-do-great-science-is-to-stay-away-from-subjects-that-are/) [James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/james-d-watson-4724_frontiers_the-way-to-do-great-science-is-to-stay-a_325635.png) > [If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be as overpopulated as it is now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/if-people-waited-to-know-one-another-before-they-married-the-world-2/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/w-somerset-maugham-237_ifs_if-people-waited-to-know-one-another-bef_2392505.jpg) > [“We’re all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/we-re-all-geniuses-life-is-merely-overpopulated-with-singers-who-play/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_bills_we-re-all-geniuses-life-is-merely-overpo_1002366.jpg) > [“You’re right,’ I’d say. ‘The planet is grossly overpopulated and we’d better do something about it. Do you want to machine-gun the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poul-anderson/you-re-right-i-d-say-the-planet-is-grossly-overpopulated-and-we-d/) [Poul Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poul-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/poul-anderson-11424_overpopulated_you-re-right-i-d-say-the-planet-is-gross_1923541.jpg) > [I think some people can't understand why you wouldn't want kids but I can't see any advantages at all. We're overpopulated as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-morgan/i-think-some-people-can-t-understand-why-you-wouldn-t-want-kids-but-i/) [Diane Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/diane-morgan-24496_hate_i-think-some-people-can-t-understand-why_478629.jpg) > [The planet on which we live is poorly organized, many areas are overpopulated, others are reserved for a few, technology's potential is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-d-rrenmatt/the-planet-on-which-we-live-is-poorly-organized-many-areas-are/) [Friedrich Durrenmatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-d-rrenmatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/friedrich-d-rrenmatt-4497_areas_the-planet-on-which-we-live-is-poorly-or_2412331.png) > [I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-m-yet-another-resource-consuming-kid-in-an-overpopulated-planet/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/bill-watterson-728_cynical_i-m-yet-another-resource-consuming-kid-i_116298.jpg) > [We are not overpopulated in an absolute sense; we've got the technology for 10 billion, probably 15 billion people, to live on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/we-are-not-overpopulated-in-an-absolute-sense-we-ve-got-the/) [David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92f/david-attenborough-2396_absolute_we-are-not-overpopulated-in-an-absolute_2717311.jpg) > [Europe is overpopulated, the world will soon be in the same condition, and if the self-reproduction of man is not rationalized... we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-bergson/europe-is-overpopulated-the-world-will-soon-be-in-the-same-condition/) [Henri Bergson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-bergson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/henri-bergson-7179_europe_europe-is-overpopulated-the-world-will-s_3110490.jpg) > [The New York gallery scene being as incredibly overpopulated and overmoneyed as it is, deep conflicts and contradictions aren't hard to find.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-saltz/the-new-york-gallery-scene-being-as-incredibly-overpopulated-and/) [Jerry Saltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-saltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/jerry-saltz-1712_conflict_the-new-york-gallery-scene-being-as-incr_2673858.png) > [So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cage/so-somebody-has-talent-so-what-dime-a-dozen-and-we-re-overpopulated/) [John Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/john-cage-2094_art_so-somebody-has-talent-so-what-dime-a-do_69736.jpg) > [People have not made the connection that the more of us there are, the more greenhouse gases go into the atmosphere. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/people-have-not-made-the-connection-that-the-more-of-us-there-are-the/) [Paul R. Ehrlich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-r-ehrlich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/paul-r-ehrlich-13046_atmosphere_people-have-not-made-the-connection-that_980379.jpg) > [We’re turning everything on the planet into food for humans so we’re cutting down the rainforests, displacing all of the animals, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-freeman/we-re-turning-everything-on-the-planet-into-food-for-humans-so-we-re/) [Morgan Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-freeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/morgan-freeman-1202_animal_we-re-turning-everything-on-the-planet-i_3017653.jpg) > [L.A. ispolluted. It's overpopulated. But it is very much home. It was inevitable for me, the moving back. I was living in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ellroy/l-a-ispolluted-it-s-overpopulated-but-it-is-very-much-home-it-was/) [James Ellroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ellroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/james-ellroy-2967_alimony_l-a-ispolluted-it-s-overpopulated-but-it_900556.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overpopulated/#itemlist", "name": "Overpopulated Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In today’s overpopulated world, we simply cannot continue to live with those old styles of closed-mindedness.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wayne W. 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