Development Quote by Maurice Strong

'Sustainable Development' is an oxymoron. 'Development' in all it's senses entails expansion and wanting more. Continual expansion and wanting more are unsustainable. Globally we…

— Don Johnston

Sustainable development is a fundamental break that's going to reshuffle the entire deck. There are companies today that are going to dominate in the…

— Francois-Henri Pinault

I think there is a general view that sustainability is really important. I do think it is a top priority. I don't know that…

— Julie Sweet

So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel.

— James Lovelock

Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a…

— Kofi Annan

Nothing can be 100 percent sustainable, but every effort makes an impact.

— Miroslava Duma

“The outcome document known as “Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” highlights poverty eradication as the overreaching goal of the new…

— New Media Wing

What's personally sustainable is globally sustainable.

— Dean Ornish

Sustainable development is a process which enables all people to realise their potential and to improve their quality of life in ways which protect…

— Sara Parkin

Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise…

— Ban Ki-moon

Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be…

— Maurice Strong

Sustainable energy + food security + healthy environment = full employment + better future.

— Phil Harding