Quotes About Resources

Berries may compete to be eaten more than animals compete for the berries.

Do you believe human beings are using resources faster than the world can replace them?

capes and hats and skirts. Thank you for the cradles. The beds. The diapers. Canoes. Paddles, harpoons, and nets. Poles, logs, posts. The rot-proof shakes and shingles. The kindling that will always light." Each new item is release and relief. Finding no good reason to quit now, she lets the gratitude spill out. "Thank you for the tools. The chests. The decking. The clothes closets. The paneling

Exponential growth inside a finite system leads to collapse.

She sees it in one great glimpse of flashing gold: trees and humans at war over the land and water and atmosphere. And she can hear, louder than the quaking leaves, which side will lose by winning.

By looting natural capital and hiding the costs. But the bill is coming, and we won't be able to pay.

No one sees trees. We see fruit, we see nuts, we see wood, we see shade. We see ornaments or pretty fall foliage. Obstacles blocking the road or wrecking the ski slope. Dark, threatening places that must be cleared. We see branches about to crush our roof. We see a cash crop. But trees—trees are invisible (p. 423).

Coal-oil production in early 1860 totaled some 20,000 to 30,000 gallons per day, or about 7 million to 9 million gallons per year.22 By comparison, the whale-oil harvest had peaked in 1854 at about 10.3 million gallons and begun a sharp decline.

By 27 April, Dammam No. 7 had produced more than 100,000 barrels.30 Across the decades, until it was shut down in 1982, No. 7 alone produced more than 32 million barrels of oil.

Without a clear purpose you have no foundation on which you base decisions, allocate your time, and use your resources. You will tend to make choices based on circumstances, pressures, and your mood at that moment. People who don't know their purpose try to do too much — and that causes stress, fatigue, and conflict.

A library is the only place you can go--from cradle to grave--that is free, safe, democratic and no one will try to flog you anything. You don't have to part with a penny to travel the world. It's the heartbeat of a community, offering precious resources to people in need. It's a place just to be, to dream, and to escape -- with books. And what's more precious than that? So here's to all library workers. We need you.

When you use your energy and resources to punish people, you run out of energy and resources to protect people.

Nunca uses tu propio dinero si puedes gastar el de otros.

The presence of Christ brings us his power and ability to use our limited resources in limitless ways.

Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work.

We cannot remove the evils of capitalism without taking its source of power: ownership.

The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.

It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources.

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.

Lack is more in means, than in principles.

Power stems from 'rainmaking,' as law firms put it: the ability to bring resources into the company.

Volumes in the series on Lyndon Johnson, including Master of the Senate and The Path Power, describe how Johnson created resources out of nothing and built a substantial power base.

There is no technical reason why we could not feed a world of nine billion people. Hunger is a matter of buying power, not of shortages.

There's a new power of pull. Pulling resources from the network JUST when you need them.