Earth Quote by Thomas Malthus

“The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some…

— Anonymous

With an estimated population of nine billion people by 2050, we cannot continue to consume resources at the same rate and maintain our quality…

— David Suzuki

Human population growth is a problem in that most humans consume more than they need. The Earth's resources are now strained to sustain the…

— Sharon Gannon

The human population can no longer be allowed to grow in the same old uncontrollable way. If we do not take charge of our…

— David Attenborough

The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing…

— Julian Simon

The optimum human population of earth is zero.

— David Foreman

Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.

— Charles Darwin

That the powers of labour, and of the other instruments which produce wealth, may be indefinitely increased by using their products as the means…

— Nassau William Senior

Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio. A slight acquaintance with numbers will shew the immensity…

— Thomas Malthus

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.

— Garrett Hardin

It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster,…

— Arthur Eddington

The unlimited capacity of the plant world to sustain man at his highest is a region as yet unexplored by modern science.

— Mahatma Gandhi