Community Quote by Walter Gropius

The humans have a curious force they call ambition. It drives them, and, through them, it drives us. This force which keeps them active,…

— John Wyndham

“What man does for his own desires and comforts affects the complex total-of-life, the ecology, and his short-term gains can bring long-term disadvantages. The…

— Isaac Asimov

Greed in human nature may now come near to enslaving all humanity by means of the Machine - so fast and far has progress…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

“From the moment when the machine first made its appearance it was clear to all thinking people that the need for human drudgery, and…

— George Orwell

Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.

— Bertrand Russell

“In time, almost all men and women will become worthless as producers of goods, food, services, and more machines, as sources of practical ideas…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Human behavior is economic behavior. The particulars may vary, but competition for limited resources remains a constant. Need as well as greed have followed…

— Nwabudike Morgan

The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help…

— Amy Poehler

“Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies,cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms-greed for life,for…

— Gordon Gekko

Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety.

— Bertrand Russell

Machinery that gives us abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too…

— Charlie Chaplin

The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk.

— Pope Francis