Accept Quote by Jaime Lerner Download Open image “We can't have landfills forever, and we can't ask others to accept our trash.” — Jaime Lerner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accept Forever Others Our Trash
Why do we send valuable items like aluminium and food waste to landfill when we can turn them into new cans and renewable energy?… — Hilary Benn Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across--hopes, dreams, wishes that never came true. Irresponsible waste management,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Some trash is recycled, some is thrown away, some ends up where it shouldn't end up. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
“American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash -- all of them -- surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and almost smothered with rubbish. Everything we use comes in boxes, cartons, bins, the so-called packaging we love so much. The mountains of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use. In this, if… — John Steinbeck Copy Share
I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside… — Ed Rendell Copy Share Image
When you have all these traces of trash moving around, you can ask yourself how can we make the system more efficient. Then we… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't… — Ed Rendell Copy Share Image
“Americans make more trash than anyone else on the planet, throwing away about 7.1 pounds per person per day, 365 days a year. Across a lifetime that rate means, on average, we are each on track to generate 102 tons of trash. Each of our bodies may occupy only one cemetery plot when we’re done with this world, but a… — Edward Humes Copy Share
The current system punishes communities which make the investment in creating landfills, only to have them filled by states which refuse to adequately address… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Recycling isn't going to save the world, but being conscious of it and your surroundings can. — Lisa Germano Copy Share Image
A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life. — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose. — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
There is no place in a city that can't be better. There is no toad that can't be a princess, no frog that can't… — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros. — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems. — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
The lack of resources is no longer an excuse not to act. The idea that action should only be taken after all the answers… — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
I always run into these Ph.D.s. They write and write and write about sustainable development. Then these guys ask me, 'But, how do you… — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
Many cities end up putting off things because they want to understand everything. They don't understand that innovating is about starting. Taking care of… — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
I always try to say, 'If you want to help the environment, try to do just two things. One, use less of your car.… — Jaime Lerner Copy Share Image
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
The fans can accept a poor performance, but they won't take it when you choose not to put in the effort. — Pep Guardiola Copy Share Image
“See, I know what they think about me. That I’m some project. And, yeah, I’ll accept their help. But I’m gonna pay my way.… — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
If you're disabled or different from what general society deems normal, it's fine. There will always be people who won't accept you, but there… — Millicent Simmonds Copy Share Image
Things don't go on forever, and the quicker you accept that change is inevitable, the happier you're gonna be. — Trey Anastasio Copy Share Image
It's very important to me that people accept me as a transgendered female. But it's ridiculous to a lot of people and I understand… — Alexis Arquette Copy Share Image
I've always taken care of myself, and I'm a non-conformist, so I don't accept the negativity that comes with birthdays. — Rob Van Dam Copy Share Image
Not harder than it should be, no. We're about the business, we're about the work. It's all about the work, always. We have fun… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I wish I could just accept that I'm not that good and not be shy about the fact that I'm not that professional. — Charlotte Gainsbourg Copy Share Image
“I hope there is less stigma and judgment against working moms and childless career women. All should be acceptable positions and society should not… — Chan Heng Chee Copy Share Image
