Paul R. Ehrlich famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Inspirational #Funny #Witty
There are substitutes for oil; there is no substitute for fresh water.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Oil #Water #Substitutes
I see harm reduction as a way of engaging people as part of that path to recovery.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Recovery #People #Way
Solving the population problem is not going to solve the problems of racism... of sexism... of religious intolerance... of war... of gross economic inequality But if you don't solve the population problem, you're not going to solve any of those problems. Whatever problem you're interested in, you're not going to solve it unless you also solve the population problem. Whatever your cause, it's a lost cause without population control.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Religious #War #Economic Inequality
Actually, the problem in the world is that there are too many rich people.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#People #World #Problem
We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Government #Attention #Pay
Too many cars, too many factories, too much detergent, too much pesticides, multiplying contrails, inadequate sewage treatment plants, too little water, too much carbon dioxide - all can be traced easily to too many people.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Water #Car #People
The mother of the year should be a sterilized woman with two adopted children
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Mother #Children #Years
I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Years #England
In ten years [i.e., 1980] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Animal #Years #Sea
The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#Giving #Decision #Sun
By 1985 enough millions will have died to reduce the earth's population to some acceptable level, like 1.5 billion people.
-- Paul R. Ehrlich

#People #Levels #Earth

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