"Progress is measured by the speed at which……" — George Monbiot
"Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life."
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30 Quotes by George Monbiot
George Monbiot has 30 quotes on this site.
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There is enough oil in the ground to deep-fry the lot of us, and no obvious means to prevail upon…
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...every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his…
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Is the divine presence a Republican? Or is He/She/It running an inter-galactic fossil fuel conglomerate?...whatever the explanation may be, the…
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Even when nuclear power plants go horribly wrong, they do less damage to the planet and its people than coal-burning…
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It is a campaign not for abundance but for austerity. It is a campaign not for more freedom but for…
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When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs…
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The institutions founded 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war' have failed. Since the end of WW2, some…
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Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and…
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Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse?
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If global warming is not contained, the West will face a choice of a refugee crisis of unimaginable proportions, or…
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The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on…
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The schedules are crammed with shows urging us to travel further, drive faster, build bigger, buy more, yet none of…
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More Conditions Quotes
This quote is filed under Conditions Quotes,
one of 1,685 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
— Hannah Arendt
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;…
— Aristotle
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally…
— Karen Armstrong
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We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's…
— Margaret Atwood
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle…
— Bernard Baruch
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
— Saint Basil
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always…
— Jane Addams
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As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets,…
— John Desmond Bernal
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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to…
— Annie Besant
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