Population Quotes

1295 Population quotes by 931 unique authors

That night Demosthenes published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws. People should be allowed to have as many children as they like, and… — Orson Scott Card
Every Valentine's Day, the student council sponsered a holiday fundraiser by selling roses that would be delievered in class. The roses came in four colors:white,… — Melissa de la Cruz
After a moment, Wrath turned to John. "This is Lassiter, the fallen angel. One of the last times he was here on earth, there was… — J R Ward
It has been discovered that with a dull urban population, all formed under a mechanical system of State education, a suggestion or command, however senseless… — Hilaire Belloc
One thought alone preoccupies the submerged mind of Empire: how not to end, how not to die, how to prolong its era. By day it… — J M Coetzee
... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself. — Bernard Beckett
For half of the world's population, roughly three billion people around the world living on less than two dollars a day, an election is at… — Barack Obama
I belong to the 8% of the world population who calm their apprehension by drowning it in numbers. — Muriel Barbery
The Population Reference Bureau predicts that the world's total population will double to 7,000,000,000 before the year 2000. I suppose they will all want dignity,… — Kurt Vonnegut
Well now," the scholar went on, "I'm just an old fuddy-duddy who could use a tan, so you needn't grant my opinion any authority, but… — Frank Beddor
Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens… — Nick Hornby
Conservatives understand Halloween, liberals only understand Christmas. If you want to control a population, don't give it social services, give it a scary adversary. — Tom Robbins
Imagine the earth’s population of six billion people reduced to just one hundred representatives. Statistically, that makes 30 white, 70 non-white. It means 6 people… — Grant Morrison
The complexity of economics can be calculated mathematically. Write out the algebraic equation that is the human heart and multiply each unknown by the population… — P.J. O'Rourke
The Three Theorems of Psychohistorical Quantitivity: The population under scrutiny is oblivious to the existence of the science of Psychohistory. The time periods dealt with… — Isaac Asimov
The optimum population is modeled on the iceberg- eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above. — Aldous Huxley
If they would rather die, . . . they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. — Charles Dickens
As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will put up with… — Tom Robbins
It's a common mistake for vacationing Americans to assume that everyone around them is French and therefore speaks no English whatsoever. [...] An experienced traveler… — David Sedaris
Our object must be to bring our territory into harmony with the numbers of our population. — Adolf Hitler
You should make her call you ‘Miss Georgina,’” added Hugh with a mocking southern drawl. “Or at least ‘ma’am.’” Niphon’s presence and Jerome’s lecture had… — Richelle Mead
Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence. — Dalai Lama
UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning opportunities that empower… — Muhammad Yunus
Under the ground seep the toxins of the population that lives above. If you have to, you will eat roots and earthworms. It is always… — Francesca Lia Block
Thankfully the rest of the world assumed that the Irish were crazy, a theory that the Irish themselves did nothing to debunk. They had somehow… — Eoin Colfer

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