Quotes About Resource

What a blessing the oil has been to mankind!

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Time stays long enough for those who use it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

If I had but the time and you had but the brain

That knowledge has become the resource, rather than a resource, is what makes our society "post-capitalist.

In a world where spiritual confusion is increasing, GodQuest helps bring clarity and conviction. This is a terrific resource for developing a solid foundation for faith.

Those instrumental goods which should serve to maintain the life and health of all human beings should be produced by the least possible labor of all.

But rules for sustainability, like every workable social rule, would be put into place not to destroy freedoms, but to create freedoms or to protect them. A ban on bank robbing inhibits the freedom of the thief in order to assure that everyone else has the freedom to deposit and withdraw money safely. A ban on overuse of a renewable resource or on the generation of a dangerous pollutant protects vital freedoms in a similar way.

Everyone understands that you can prolong the life of an oil-based economy by discovering new oil deposits. It seems to be harder to understand that the same result can be achieved by burning less oil. A breakthrough in energy efficiency is equivalent, in its effect on the stock of available oil, to the discovery of a new oil field—although different people profit from it.

Treating water to reuse or recycle water does not necessarily mean it's going to be drinkable.

Water is life. It is one of the earth's greatest resources. History is well documented on the ways of water. Wars have been fought over it, societies have risen up, societies have been removed, all throughout the annals of time.

In the 1990s, Elinor Ostrom, the American political scientist most responsible for reviving serious thought about commons, studies what specifically makes a commons successful. She concluded that a commons must have an evolving set of rules about access and usage and that it must have a way of punishing transgressions. It must also respect the particular character of the resource being managed and the people who have worked with that resource the longest.

Among these treasures of our land is water--fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used--but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled.

Persistence overshadows even talent as the most valuable resource shaping the quality of life.

Money is nothing more than a tool. It can be a force for good, a force for evil, or simply idle.

For me books have always been an incredibly solid part of my life, both as escapism and simply as resource.

Energy, Not Time, Is Our Most Precious Resource

Water is the oil of the twenty-first century," declared Andrew Liveris, the chief executive of Dow, a chemical company.

Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.

unpacked her books, her sweet delight in happier days, and her soothing resource in the hours of moderate sorrow: but there were hours when even these failed of their effect; when the genius, the taste, the enthusiasm of the sublimest writers were felt no longer.

many, despite the boom in oil and raw material prices, are finally dying.

There are many outsiders that actively try to halt every natural resource development project in Alaska. Many of these same people have never even been to Alaska, yet they claim to know what's best for us.

What distinguishes a commons is that it is not private property, does not have a price, and is oriented towards 'use value' rather than 'exchange value.' It does not exist to generate profits.