Populations Quotes

139 Populations quotes by 122 unique authors

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office… — Charles Rangel
It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true. — Gertrude Stein
I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same understanding… — Serj Tankian
Massage therapy has been shown to relieve depression, especially in people who have chronic fatigue syndrome; other studies also suggest benefit for other populations. — Andrew Weil
You can't have an industrial revolution, you can't have democracies, you can't have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press… — Howard Rheingold
The soldier is convinced that a certain indefinitely extendable time period is accorded him before he is killed, the burglar before he is caught, men… — Marcel Proust
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
The Colonel's hand was so little, and I grabbed it tight, his cold seeping into me and my warmth into him. 'I memorized the populations,'… — John Green
I don't think whole populations are villainous, but Americans are just extraordinarily unaware of all kinds of things. If you live in the middle of… — David Attenborough
Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can… — Frank Herbert
They can print statistics and count the populations in hundreds of thousands, but to each man a city consists of no more than a few… — Graham Greene
The literal record was not a hopelessly and imperfect fraction of truly insensible gradation within large populations but an accurate reflection of the actual process… — Stephen Jay Gould
A species consists of a group of populations which replace each other geographically or ecologically and of which the neighboring ones integrate or hybridise wherever… — Ernst Mayr
Medicine is still all about treating populations, not people - one-size-fits all treatments and diagnoses. — Eric Topol
We live in a complicated, oppressive world with enormous cities and vast populations, and I try to contribute by making it more light and open… — Moshe Safdie
The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate… — Bill Gates
Heartless though it may seem to some, among the least harmful things to eat are sustainably culled wild animals. In the absence of natural predators,… — Tristram Stuart
We do not fully understand the consequences of rising populations and increasing energy consumption on the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and life. — Martin Rees
People understand that nuclear weapons cannot be used without indiscriminate effects on civilian populations. Such weapons have no legitimate place in our world. Their elimination… — Ban Ki-moon
Every day, we at the United Nations see the human toll of an absence of regulations or lax controls on the arms trade. We see… — Ban Ki-moon
In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic populations, he is… — Bill Dedman
Elephant populations in India and also in the whole of Asia are under severe stress. The captive ones are rendered jobless due to changes in… — Mark Shand
Throughout the early and mid-1990s, the Clinton administration debated the merits of paying for AIDS testing and counseling of vulnerable populations overseas. — Barton Gellman
Because the Asian market is so omnivorous, it affects all the shark populations up and down the Central and South American coast, and to a… — Peter Benchley
While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same… — S. Jay Olshansky

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