Population Quotes

1295 Population quotes by 931 unique authors

The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction. — Susan George
Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued… — Oliver Goldsmith
Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing that. That, plus… — Al Gore
We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place. — Gunter Grass
We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children,… — Germaine Greer
I have a lot of Japanese friends: I grew up in Vancouver, and there's this huge Japanese population over there. — Grimes
Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special. — Robert Griffin III
For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues than other places around it, like Arizona.… — Gail Collins
Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it's hardly tax-free. The property taxes are… — Gail Collins
In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous… — Angela Davis
Art can help a town by attracting a certain Bohemian population that adds life to the bars, character to the streets and a buzz to… — Evan Davis
There is a strong link between the following three things: exporting, manufacturing and the degree of saving by the population. It's complicated, but if the… — Evan Davis
When a population saves a lot, the funds are invested outside the country as well as inside. If the Japanese invest in the United States,… — Evan Davis
There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population. — Moshe Dayan
Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an… — Jared Diamond
The Caribbean is such an apocalyptic place, whether it's the decimation of the indigenous populations by the Europeans, whether it's the importation of slaves and… — Junot Diaz
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals… — Denis Diderot
The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual… — Havelock Ellis
Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent. — Havelock Ellis
If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half. — Nina Fedoroff
Tens of thousands have been killed or wounded by the Israeli army since 1967. During 2006, the number of Palestinians killed reached 650. Since the… — Ismail Haniyeh
I hope that Americans will give careful and well-informed thought to root causes and historical realities, in which case I think they will question why… — Ismail Haniyeh
Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population. — Tom Hanks

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