Control Quote by Jeff Bezos

The goal here is to triple the lifespan of human beings. We can't have triple the natural resources, so we need to be more…

— Arvind Gupta

If it is asserted that civilization is a real advance in the condition of man,--and I think that it is, though only the wise…

— Henry David Thoreau

If current trends continue, the typical U.S. worker will be considerably more productive several decades from now. Thus, one might argue that letting future…

— Ben Bernanke

With an estimated population of nine billion people by 2050, we cannot continue to consume resources at the same rate and maintain our quality…

— David Suzuki

We have to prepare for what life could become in 40 years. We need to outline what is possible and what is impossible with…

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of…

— David R. Brower

The communities and countries best at using energy to optimize a microclimate for human life are also the ones whose people have the longest…

— Chris Hadfield

We don't think a sustainable society need be stagnant, boring, uniform, or rigid. It need not be, and probably could not be, centrally controlled…

— Anonymous

If we do not get our act together and transform our energy system away from fossil fuel, there is a real question as to…

— Bernie Sanders

We must continue working for a better world. I want my grandchildren to live in a society with a spirit of independence, a society…

— Joan Coxsedge

each generation devises better ways to survive. Civilization may, in one sense, be a tribute to the ingeniousness of some children in outwitting parents.

— Lucy Freeman

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