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> [If we were redesigning around people instead of around automobiles, which I think the market is more or less going to do, although too slowly, than I'd be a lot cheerier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/if-we-were-redesigning-around-people-instead-of-around-automobiles/)

[Paul R. Ehrlich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-r-ehrlich/)

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## More by Paul R. Ehrlich

> [We're never all going to agree with each other. We have to learn to value the diversity. It's one of the presumable principles of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/we-re-never-all-going-to-agree-with-each-other-we-have-to-learn-to/)

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> [With taxes, if they aren't working right, we can change them with a stroke of the pen. It's basically a market-type mechanism. People make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/with-taxes-if-they-aren-t-working-right-we-can-change-them-with-a/)

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> [There's all of this stuff where we have so much debate over nonsense; it could be cured if we had a better educational system,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/there-s-all-of-this-stuff-where-we-have-so-much-debate-over-nonsense/)

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> [ In ten years \[i.e., 1980\] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/in-ten-years-i-e-1980-all-important-animal-life-in-the-sea-will-be/)

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> [So, regarding the time frame, I'm only too willing to admit that my crystal ball, like everybody else's, is cracked. If I could predict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/so-regarding-the-time-frame-i-m-only-too-willing-to-admit-that-my/)

[Paul R. Ehrlich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-r-ehrlich/)

> [If we were redesigning around people instead of around automobiles, which I think the market is more or less going to do, although too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/if-we-were-redesigning-around-people-instead-of-around-automobiles/)

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> [Sometimes I think the Congress feels that if you only decided tomorrow to switch to wind power that in two years we'd be getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/sometimes-i-think-the-congress-feels-that-if-you-only-decided/)

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> [Solving the population problem is not going to solve the problems of racism, of sexism, of religious intolerance, of war, of gross economic inequality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/solving-the-population-problem-is-not-going-to-solve-the-problems-of/)

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> [Your children should have it impressed upon them that their adult life-style will bear very little resemblance to yours and that they should now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/your-children-should-have-it-impressed-upon-them-that-their-adult/)

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> [The mother of the year should be a sterilized woman with two adopted children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/the-mother-of-the-year-should-be-a-sterilized-woman-with-two-adopted/)

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> [It turns out the population issue is an easier thing to deal with than the consumption issue. Some obvious extremes in consumption we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/it-turns-out-the-population-issue-is-an-easier-thing-to-deal-with/)

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> [Overall, The Population Bomb was probably too optimistic. I was writing about climate change - Anne and I actually wrote the book. We discussed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/overall-the-population-bomb-was-probably-too-optimistic-i-was-writing/)

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> [I don't think scientists can dictate from above what we should do, because it's not a matter of scientific decision. If you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/i-don-t-think-scientists-can-dictate-from-above-what-we-should-do/)

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> [Organisms are starting to move in response to climate change all over the place. Bees are disappearing and we don't have many of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/organisms-are-starting-to-move-in-response-to-climate-change-all-over/)

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> [Woman should have the choice whether to have an abortion or not, but I like what Bill Clinton said: It ought to be safe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-r-ehrlich/woman-should-have-the-choice-whether-to-have-an-abortion-or-not-but-i/)

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