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Earth Quotes by Paul Hawken
- We have an economy that tells us it is cheaper to destroy earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it. You can…
- This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don't poison the water, soil, or air,…
- Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a…
- How is it that we have created an economic system that tells us it is cheaper to destroy the earth and exhaust its people than…
- If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren't pessimistic, you don’t have the correct data. If you meet…
- The problems to be faced are vast and complex, but come down to this: 6.6 billion people are breeding exponentially. The process of fulfilling their…
- There are insistent calls for autonomy, appeals for a new resource ethic based on the tradition of the commons, demands for the reinstatement of cultural…
- You are Brilliant and the Earth is Hiring
- Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich
- It is critical to realize that underlying the extermination of nature is the marginalization of human beings. If we are to save what is wild,…
- When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about what…
- Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all.
- Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on Earth at a time when…
- We have an economy that tells us that it is cheaper to destroy Earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it.
More Earth Quotes
- The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
- It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one… — Neil Armstrong
- Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
- It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced… — Neil Armstrong
- I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin
- Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas… — Margaret Atwood
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
- Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
- Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann