Quotes About Sustainability

Every time somebody has thought of relief for the farmer it has been to make it so he could borrow more money. What he needs is some way to pay back. Not some way to borrow more.

I think we can save a lot of money if we do smart growth, where we build the homes and all of this closer into towns.

If not one more cent in new aid money flowed [to Africa], we could with more urgency and efficiency and creativity be doing much more to take more people out of poverty.

I do not believe making money in order to consume goods is mankind's sole purpose on this planet.

We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money

Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over.

I wish people would spend their money on hybrid cars.

As wonderful as charity is, that money runs out. It's not sustainable. It lasts for a certain period of time and it's gone. What i really think people need is the opportunity to help themselves.

CEOs need to produce continuous growth in sales and profits. Yet they must also invest in sustainability and social responsibility, which then leave them less money for financing their growth.

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

Too often we think about the green economy as an elite market niche, one in which affluent people spend more money to consume greener and cleaner products.

People have to be able to make money off their brains and their hearts. Or else we're all going to starve, and it's the machines that'll get good.

There's this about a farm: when the market's good there's money, and when it's bad there's food.

You will never solve the American problems just by printing money.

Better mankind born without mouths and stomachs than always to worry about money to buy, to shop, to fix, to cook, to wash, to clean.

Print some money and give it to us for the rain forests.

I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much.

Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.

When water fountains start charging to drink, then you know we have a problem.

The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last.

In the meantime, I'll get a job. I'll pay my own way." "A job?" "Mmm, yeah. It's that thing people do to make money.

Business: It is all about generating employment not about generating money.

If you really think that the enviroment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money.

Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.