"The American lawn uses more resources than any……" — Bill Mollison

"The American lawn uses more resources than any other agricultural industry in the world. It uses more phosphates than India and puts on more poisons than any other form of agriculture."

— Bill Mollison

27 Quotes by Bill Mollison

Bill Mollison has 27 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Sitting at our back doorsteps, all we need to live a good life lies about us. Sun, wind, people, buildings,…
Stupidity is an attempt to iron out all differences, and not to use them or value them creatively.
Most biologists, (says Vogel, 1981) seem to have heard of the boundary layer, but they have a fuzzy notion that…
There is no more time-wasting process than that of believing people will act, and then finding that they will not.
It’s a revolution. But it’s the sort of revolution that no one will notice. It might get a little shadier.…
We're only truly secure when we can look out our kitchen window and see our food growing and our friends…
Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural…
Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and…
The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.
Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable human environments...Permaculture uses the inherent qualities of plants and animals combined with…
Permaculture creates a cultivated ecology, which is designed to produce more human and animal food than is generally found in…
Compressed air can provide limitless amounts of clean energy using technology we have had for hundreds of years.

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U.S. agricultural products, including safe, high-quality Montana beef, face unscientific trade restrictions in many important markets. — Max Baucus
The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat.… — Max Baucus
Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas… — Gary Becker
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I… — Theodore Bikel
There are no miracles in agricultural production. — Norman Borlaug
Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural… — Alton Brown
The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined. — John Bruton
The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and… — Martin Van Buren
Reforms to our complex and dysfunctional immigration system should not in any way favor those who came here illegally over… — Mike Lee
A guest worker program should help farmers who are willing to pay a fair wage for law-abiding, dependable workers -… — Bob Goodlatte
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. — Thomas Jefferson
Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution. — Jim Valvano

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