Acting Quote by Thomas Malthus

“On Earth one of the things that a large proportion of the locals is most proud of is this wonderful economic system which, with…

— Iain M. Banks

“In today’s world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions.…

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only…

— Abraham Lincoln

“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

The perpetual struggle for room and food.

— Thomas Malthus

It frequently happens that an element of the standard of living which set out with being primarily wasteful, ends with becoming, in the apprehension…

— Thorstein Veblen

“The produce of the soil maintains at all times nearly that number of inhabitants which it is capable of maintaining. The rich only select…

— Adam Smith

“Whether an activity is performed in private or in public is by no means a matter of indifference. Obviously, the character of the public…

— Hannah Arendt

“A selfish living is a wasteful living”

— Sunday Adelaja

We've got one shot at this life, and to not be productive with what we've been given, to me, is a travesty. I think…

— Mellody Hobson

Above all, we should question the consumer ethic, which uses up non-renewable resources, creates inequality and injustice, generates pollution, destroys other species and upsets…

— Peter Marshall