"At present we are stealing the future, selling……" — Paul Hawken
"At present we are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it gross domestic product."
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98 Quotes by Paul Hawken
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The future belongs to those who understand that doing more with less is compassionate, prosperous, and enduring, and thus more…
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The great thing about the dilemma we're in is that we get to re-imagine every single thing we do...There isn't…
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When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides,…
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I'd rather fail at something important than succeed at something trivial.
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We are the only species on this planet without full employment.
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People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say those are basically technological descriptions,…
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Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get…
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What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order…
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Inspiration is not garnered from the litanies of what may befall us; it resides in humanity's willingness to restore, redress,…
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Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check…
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We subsidize the disposal of waste in all its myriad forms from landfills to Superfund cleanups, from deep-well injection to…
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If they [companies] believe they are in business to serve people, to help solve problems, to use and employ the…
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