Dependence Quote by Ban Ki-moon Download Open image “Society's dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress.” — Ban Ki-moon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dependence Economic Economic progress Fossil fuel Fossils Freedom Fuel Progress Social
We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and toxic. Once… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Not using fossil fuels is tantamount to not using energy. It is economic suicide and eco-manslaughter. — Paul Driessen Copy Share Image
We should not only look at the short-term economic benefits of fossil fuels but also at the bad news for climate change. We should… — Fatih Birol Copy Share Image
Fossil fuel is very seductive stuff. [John Maynard] Keynes once said that, as far as he could tell, the average standard of living from… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The fossil fuel industry has been a particular disgrace, polluting our politics as well as our planet. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
We live in a society that is powered by fossil fuels, but for the meantime, we're in it. Maybe there's, like, five people living… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
The consensus is clear. We need an immediate and determined shift to a clean, renewable economy. The continued mass burning of fossil fuels is… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The popular notion is that Americans are addicted to fossil fuels, but I find that's not true; most people would be happy to power… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil. — Dennis Weaver Copy Share Image
My observation is China is thinking more as a global player than regionally, in both politics and economics. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Building sustainable cities - and a sustainable future - will need open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government. And it… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
We must follow the wisdom of the Brundtland Report. We must pursue development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time to ask… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
God's power under us, in us, surging through us, is exactly what turns dependence into unforgettable experiences of completeness. — Bruce Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Love is . . . Knowing that the other person will always be with you regardless of what happens, Missing the other person when… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Never depend on anyone else's strength but God's strength to help you through and nor expect from anyone except God to be with you… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities of higher education, for the full development of her faculties, forces of mind and body;… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent for our… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Religion, in its most general view, is such a Sense of God in the soul, and such a conviction of our obligations to him,… — Philip Doddridge Copy Share Image
By reducing our dependence of foreign oil and increasing alternative energy sources such as ethanol, we can begin to bring down prices at the… — Jim Ryun Copy Share Image
A faith which we follow upon orders imposed from outside is no faith, and a community which puts its dependence upon such a pseudo-faith… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful:… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance) and protection [from transgression]. It becomes rusty as a… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
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