"Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is……" — Joel Garreau
"Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history."
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20 Quotes by Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau has 20 quotes on this site.
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We are at an inflection point in history.
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The next frontier is our own selves.
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Today the story is no less attitude-adjusting. It is about the defining cultural, social and political issue of our age.…
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The inflection point at which we have arrived is one in which we are increasingly seizing the keys to all…
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In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
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It is time to rekindle the spirit of the Renaissancee to achieve a golden age that will be a turning…
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The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the…
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The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior holds that under controlled experimental conditions of temperature, time, lighting, feeding, and training, the…
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Informing all of Carson's work was the idea that although human beings are part of nature, we are distinguished by…
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If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, and a sign on it saying, "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE TO…
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The physician who waits until dead certain of a diagnosis before acting is likely to wind up with a dead…
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Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected,…
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More Constant Quotes
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Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to…
— Chinua Achebe
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Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be…
— Marcus Aurelius
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I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.
— Lynda Barry
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The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops.…
— Samuel Beckett
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The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by…
— Joseph Addison
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To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular…
— Michael Bloomberg
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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
— David Bohm
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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I'm in a constant process of thinking about things.
— Richard Brautigan
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Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.
— Joyce Brothers
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That's gotta be the one remaining constant - jeans have gotta be tight, baby.
— Luke Bryan
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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime…
— Albert Camus
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