Century Quote by Cleveland Abbe

The end of the world has come often, and continues to come.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

If we can change our priorities, achieve balance and understanding in our roles as human beings in a complex world, the coming era can…

— Sigurd F. Olson

The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing…

— Julian Simon

I'm thinking about the end of civilization. We may not keep growing like we are now. There must be an end of civilization. That's…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived.

— Jacques Derrida

We're not on a sustainable path in civilization. We're on an exponential growth curve, on which we perhaps always have been, but it has…

— Edgar Mitchell

The world will continue only as long as we maintain our humanity?

— Mak_786 Barb_D

Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.

— Paul Erdos

I believe the world grows near its end, yet is neither old nor decayed, nor will ever perish upon the ruins of its own…

— Thomas Browne

It’s not about keeping up the population, it’s about passing on who we are and what we've learned, so things keep going. So we…

— Isaac Marion

History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?

— Dick Cavett

“Therefore, I wish to say it again: The biggest story of the last fifteen years, both nationally and globally, is the growing likelihood that…

— Tyler Cowen