Quotes About Sustainability

Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.

maintained for a considerable period.

We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water.

In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

When the well is dry we know the value of water

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Poor Richard

plant trees that other men will sit under.

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

If people were Superior to Animals, they'd take better care of the world

Companies, cities, and potentially even individuals could have a small refinery to make their own fuel.

Reversing the escalation of health care costs is going to need more than legislation, yet it can be done without imposing rationing, as critics of reform fear.

As far as discom reforms are concerned, they have to be a combination of two parts. One is the existing balance sheet and, therefore, taking care of that. The second important is the reduction in losses going forward.

The problems that ail the U.S. economy and American society are one and the same: Both consume too much and refuse to make badly needed changes. This is true above all in the realm of energy.

I don't regard clothing as disposable, which is probably why I have so much of it!

Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.

Creating mechanisms for ending deforestation and promoting regeneration of the environment is one of the most effective ways of achieving net-zero emissions.

Don't start any diet or regime if you can't make that an everlasting lifestyle change because it simply will not work.

My vision for Western Kentucky's economy is to turn the region into a world leader in agritech.

Everyone wants clean air and clean water, but my hope is that we will not regulate it to the point where we drive businesses and industries out of this country, to the point where entrepreneurs cannot start or expand their businesses because they simply can't afford to do so.

CEOs must go beyond working with policy-makers on new regulatory frameworks. They must also commit to the principle that success cannot be measured by profitability and growth alone.