Consumes Quotes

142 Consumes quotes by 128 unique authors

English orthography satisfies all the requirements of the canons of reputability under the law of conspicuous waste. It is archaic, cumbrous, and ineffective; its acquisition… — Thorstein Veblen
Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy. — Abdul Kalam
Our demand for meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates - the world consumes one billion cans or bottles of Coke a day - our demand for… — Mark Bittman
I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive. — Simon Baker
The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the same… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand
There isn't any art until some creature sees and consumes it. And has a reaction. — Richard Artschwager
Psychologically I should say that a person becomes an adult at the point when he produces more than he consumes or earns more than he… — Henry C. Link
The money economy thus leaves a large ecological footprint, defined as the amount of land and resources required to meet a typical consumer's needs. For… — Stuart L. Hart
We may fairly judge of the commercial prosperity of a country from the amount of sulphuric acid it consumes. — Justus von Liebig
The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
It has been well said that the food one consumes determines one's thoughts. By eating the flesh of various animals, the qualities of these animals… — Sathya Sai Baba
Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and from the… — Tim Ferriss
A still-born son os superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter… — Chanakya
We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood and womanhood you will… — Theodore Roosevelt
Our mind is the foundation of all our actions, whether they are actions of body, speech, or mind, i.e., thinking. Whatever we think, say, or… — Nhat Hanh
When the sovereign spirit within us is true to nature, it stands poised and ready to adjust to every change in circumstances and to seize… — Marcus Aurelius
A golf course should aspire to generate as much energy as it consumes - golf should be leading the way toward energy net zero. — Thomas Friedman
Caring for an Alzheimer's patient is a situation that can utterly consume the lives and well-being of the people giving care, just as the disorder… — Leeza Gibbons
Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait… — Moshe Dayan
High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and… — Henry A. Kissinger
I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that's what consumes me; think a… — Amy Lee
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull… — George Orwell
China saves too much, produces too much, sells too much to Americans and consumes too little. — Henry Paulson
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a… — Herbert Simon

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