Quote by Michael Pollan Download Open image ““...our modern civilization returns exceedingly little of what it borrows." -Martin Renner”” — Michael Pollan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The innumerable losses of industrial civilization’s collapse will, over time, bring forth a new story and a new relationship with people, resources, things, and… — Carolyn Baker Copy Share Image
“What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Civilization depends on continually making the effort, of never giving in. It needs to be cared for by men of goodwill, protected from the… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
“And that through all the ups and downs, nothing really worthwhile is ever permanently lost, even though its creators may be long forgotten. When,… — Paul Kriwaczek Copy Share Image
“The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.” — Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Copy Share Image
“Far too often we’ve let humanity become a commodity that serves us along the way, rather than an asset that enriches our journey.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Civilization is but a thin veneer stretched across the passions of the human heart. And civilization doesn't just happen; we have to make it… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“We are ready to accept almost any explanation of the present crisis of our civilization except one: that the present state of the world… — Friedrich A. von Hayek Copy Share Image
“There’s just as much money to be made in the wreck of a civilization as in the upbuilding of one.” — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“What we give the world, we have borrowed from no one; it is ours. It may be taken from us, stolen from us, but… — Julien Green Copy Share Image
“In the same way that the picturesque designers were always careful to include some reminder of our mortality in their gardens -- a ruin,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
My hope is that if people have the knowledge, and if they actually see where their food comes from and have access to the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The problem is that we let special-occasion food become everyday food. That goes for soda and french fries. — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Every peasant cuisine has incredible ingenious tricks for getting a lot of nutrition out of a small amount of ingredients. There are people who… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“In ancient Greece, the word for “cook,” “butcher,” and “priest” was the same—mageiros—and the word shares an etymological root with “magic.” — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
In the end I'm still a writer. I'm still a journalist, and my first responsibility is to my readers. That's where I have to… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory.” Although by any conventional measure it is folly to pay… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most afflicts the gardener.” — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Growing corn, which from a biological perspective had always been a process of capturing sunlight to turn into food, has in no small measure… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Eat with consciousness. When you eat with consciousness, and you know what you're eating, and you eat it in full appreciation of what it… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image