Development Quote by Wolfgang Sachs

We would solve a lot of huge problems that are causing massive suffering. Poverty, violence, homophobia, heterosexism, racism, the environment - all these things…

— Brené Brown

You look at the large problems that we face - that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose - all…

— Molly Ivins

The prospect of cheap fusion energy is the worst thing that could happen to the planet.

— Jeremy Rifkin

Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit…

— Viggo Mortensen

The only actual solution is the eventual collapse and demise of civilization... I think it needs to happen, but no one, not even me,…

— Andy Hurley

...unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes...

— Al Gore

It turns out that the greatly underestimated downside of technological progress is a fractured world.

— Isabelle Kocher

We have a chance to wind down and expedite the removal of 96 percent of the world's nuclear weapons. What an achievement it would…

— Dianne Feinstein

Globalization and technical change are the guarantee of our future prosperity. And reversing on that will not only make things worse, but it will…

— Angus Deaton

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.

— Gertrude Stein

My worry is that other advances in science may result in other means of mass destruction, maybe more readily available even than nuclear weapons.…

— Joseph Rotblat

People working on climate change should prepare for catastrophic success.

— David Titley