Budget consolidation and economic growth are two sides of the same coin. — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Being, I imagine, must be very simple. It is Becoming which is so messy and which I am all for. — James Tiptree Jr Copy Share Image
Mobility will be one of the major beneficiaries of population growth in the world. — Joe Kaeser Copy Share Image
Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife — Confucius Copy Share Image
Is it better that we manage population growth responsibly or should we to wait for nature to cull our numbers? — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda. — Helmut Schmidt Copy Share Image
The first law of sustainability: population growth and/or growth in the rate of consumption of resources cannot be sustained — Albert Allen Bartlett Copy Share Image
Population growth is exceeding farmers' ability to keep up...Our oldest enemy, hunger, is again at the door. — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
We used to live in a world where the price of resources came down steadily, and now the world has changed. You… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
To date, there has been no serious attempt in Western countries to use laws to control excessive population growth, although there exists… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Would food be considered an instrument of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people who… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Human population growth is a problem in that most humans consume more than they need. The Earth's resources are now strained to… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
People minus space equals Poverty ... What is living for? If the answer is a life of dignity, decency and opportunity, then… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
“the rate of population growth observed from 1700 to 2012—0.8 percent per year—were to continue for the next three centuries, the world’s… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, where the population growth is very high, whereby you don't have the mortgage low yet. Still the… — Al-Waleed bin Talal Copy Share Image
We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
“Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival. We're in for a major disaster if it isn't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Whether we accept it or not, this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
It's perilous and foolhardy for the average citizen to remain ignorant about global warming, say, or ozone depletion, air pollution, toxic and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“By the time Nixon reached office the environmental cause had grown stronger than ever, thanks in part to media attention given to… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“scares—SARS, Hong Kong and avian flus, and Japanese encephalitis—originated in Asia, he noted. “If you look at global trends, almost all of… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Like our finances, humankind is living with a growing ecological deficit but the solution is different. The deficit will worsen with dangerous… — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
“Adolescence is a period of life when the brain is malleable, and it represents a good opportunity for learning and social development.… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“The late Alan Gregg pointed out that human population growth within the ecosystem was closely analogous to the growth of malignant tumor… — Marston Bates Copy Share Image
Tad Homer-Dixon is a rare kind of public intellectual, who combines real expertise with a commitment to communicate to the widest possible… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
“This precocious advance may have had a lot to do with the nature of the plain between the Yangtze and Yellow rivers.… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
“Our ancestors have much to answer for. Why? What did they do? …Long ago, they used machines and drugs to keep the… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
The solutions put forth by imperialism are the quintessence of simplicity...When they speak of the problems of population and birth, they are… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
“In this century wars will not be fought over oil, as in the past, but over water. The situation is becoming desperate.… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
“Recall that Noah was only in the tenth generation, so this may be well beyond the higher end of the population maximum.… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“The world is entering a period of stagnation, the new mediocre. The end of growth and fragile, volatile economic conditions are now… — Satyajit Das Copy Share Image
“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“the consequences of scientific illiteracy are far more dangerous in our time than in any that has come before. It’s perilous and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“About 4,400 years ago 8 people stepped off Noah’s ark. According to the United Nations Population Growth Statistics, the world’s population grows… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
“I know that the consequences of scientific illiteracy are far more dangerous in our time than in any that has come before.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Unlike human laws (and the Malthusian approach), the natural laws of ecology do not discriminate on the basis of race, status or… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
“The obvious pollution occurring in many places - worst of all, in the planned societies- has encouraged the growth of the environmental… — Jacqueline Kasun Copy Share Image
Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth, and meat eating is a big part of that problem. — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
