"This planet came with a set of instructions,……" — Paul Hawken
"This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don't poison the water, soil, or air, don't let the earth get overcrowded, and don't touch the thermostat have been broken"
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98 Quotes by Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken has 98 quotes on this site.
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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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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom -…
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
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It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then…
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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