Without productivity gains, any growth in GDP is exactly offset by population growth, and the average income stays the same. — Said Musa Copy Share Image
The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
If we do not voluntarily bring population growth under control in the next one or two decades, the nature will do it… — Henry W. Kendall Copy Share Image
As you improve health in a society, population growth goes down. You know, I thought it was... before I learned about it,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People often focus on the downsides of population growth but neglect the upsides. These upsides may even outweigh the downsides, making a… — Ian Goldin Copy Share Image
We take it for granted that because our shelves and supermarkets are heaving with food that there are no problems with food… — Mark Walport Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Third world nations are producing too many children too fast...it is time to ignore the controversy over family planning and cut out-of-control… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Today's voguish threats, including climate change, population growth, massive war, and resource depletion, are all amenable to a fix if we act… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
“It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A refugee in the traditional vision is someone who flees from country to another because of persecution or conflict. But what we're… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
Growth, growth, growth -- that's all we've known . . . World automobile production is doubling every 10 years; human population growth… — M. King Hubbert Copy Share Image
Environmentalists have been outspoken in their support of smaller family size and abortion rights as keys to reducing global warming. But when… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
“Archaeologists studying the rise of farming have reconstructed for us a stage where we made one of the most crucial decisions in… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
The people who see the population explosion in the Malthusian way - as a geometric progression - forget that population growth is… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Man will survive as a species for one reason: He can adapt to the destructive effects of our power-intoxicated technology and of… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
The reason this system can’t be overthrown in this country,” Walter said, “is all about freedom. The reason the free market in… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Unless we realize that the present market society, structured around the brutally competitive imperative of “grow or die,” is a thoroughly impersonal,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“Childbirths were likely reduced — people were making a name for themselves being men of renown (Genesis 6:417), which means they would… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the… — Keith Henson Copy Share Image
Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
It is environmental illiteracy and a complete lack of forward thinking to ignore the need to halt and then reverse population growth… — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
In the last 200 years the population of our planet has grown exponentially, at a rate of 1.9% per year. If it… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
For far too long, our local, state, and federal leaders have neglected to modernize New York City's aging infrastructure to keep pace… — Nicole Malliotakis Copy Share Image
President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the… — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Of course I know our economic growth can't match our population growth so of course I know we'll all get poorer until… — Bernard Chidzero Copy Share Image
One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed… — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Copy Share Image
Instead of a permit system or regulations, the Forest Service needs to reduce worldwide population growth to limit the number of visitors… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
It's obvious that China faces a range of demographic and economic difficulties stemming from its own population growth, and that the global… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
Over the next ten years, I predict, the mainstream of the environmental movement will reverse its opinion and activism in four major… — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
Those who fail to see that population growth and climate change are two sides of the same coin are either ignorant or… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“I believe that the emphasis on curbing population growth diverts attention from the more vital issue of pursuing policies that allow the… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
“human population growth mushroomed as quality of life plummeted. The shift to agriculture, wrote author Jared Diamond, is a “catastrophe from which… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
If we do not design policies to halt, and then reverse population growth, Nature by default will soon exact a most punishing… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about… — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I do worry about population growth and the preservation of the green belt space but I don't think these are insurmountable problems. — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
We've made some heroic efforts, but the Earth as a whole is in worse shape today than 30 years ago, ... There's… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
