Quotes About Resources

Vulcan. A desert world, limited in material resources, yet limitless in the intellectual and philosophical achievements of its inhabitants.

The wealth of a nation depends on its people, management, and government, more than on its natural resources.

Living in the midst of abundance we have the greatest difficulty in seeing that the supply of natural wealth is limited and that the constant increase of population is destined to reduce the American standard of living unless we deal more sanely with our resources.

Faith is raising the sail of our little boat until it is caught up in the soft winds above and picks up speed, not from anything within itself, but from the vast resources of the universe around us.

The urge to reproduce, once inextricably linked to sex, may have a connection to a neurotic fantasy of cheating death by creating an enduring legacy. You can test the primal strength of this cultural idea by noting how no one questions the rationality of reproduction, even in a world of rapidly dwindling resources. Meanwhile, people who choose not to have children often receive both religious and secular disdain as selfish, the breakers of an unspoken social contract, or simply odd.

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

What do nations care about the cost of war, if by spending a few hundred millions in steel and gunpowder they can gain a thousand millions in diamonds and cocoa?

I don't even have my own computer.

Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor.

We are witnessing the death of abundance and the borning of austerity, for what may be a long, long time.

Nous passons notre temps à oublier, à oublier que nous vivons sur un planète limitée à laquelle nous appliquons un principe illimité, ce qui accélère le processus d'épuisement des ressources et d'accroissement des inégalités structurelles, source de mécontentements, de frustrations et de conflits.

Le temps est venu de consacrer des moyens à la vie et non à la mort avec les armements qui n'en finissent pas de se perfectionner.

In no case does the energy required for synthesis appear to be provided by an influx of fresh capital, but by expenditure.

All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth

No sooner have you achieved literacy and all other resources that cities require, then there again, after the usual numbers of years, comes the heavenly flood. It sweeps upon you like a plague and leaves only your illiterate and uncultured people behind. You become infants all over again, as it were, completely unfamiliar with anything there was in ancient times, whether here or in your own region.

Prayer Releases All Your Eternal Resources

scope of the product continues to expand during successive development cycles until the customer requests are fully satisfied, or until time and resources are exhausted.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

Enough funds remain to support her longer than she expects to live.

Acts 4:32–35)

People think that money and fame fixes and changes so much. Money does give you assistance and resources in this life. But you think that life will become easier, and that's not necessarily true.

Domestic violence is much more prevalent than people realize.

I think we should drill up in Alaska.

Each year, I ask, 'Now that I have this knowledge, these resources, what can I do?'