Hunter Lovins famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If we use resources productively and take to heart the lessons learned from coping with the energy crisis, we face a future confronted only, as Pogo, once said, by insurmountable opportunities. The many crises facing us should be seen, then, not as threats, but as chances to remake the future so it serves all beings.
-- Hunter Lovins

#Heart #Opportunity #Lesson Learned
Sustainability: It's the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do, it's the profitable thing to do.
-- Hunter Lovins

#Smart #Environment #Sustainability
Did we put our kids in 0.5-mile-per-gallon (mpg) tanks and 17 feet per gallon aircraft carriers because we failed to put them in 32-mpg cars?
-- Hunter Lovins

#Kids #Feet #Car
When parents watch scientist after scientist describe the dangers of GM foods, I wouldn't want to be a stubborn food service director trying to stand in their way.
-- Hunter Lovins

#Parent #Trying #Directors

May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.
Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the world between us We parted stiff and dry: 'Farewell,' said you, 'forget me.' 'Fare well, I will,' said I. If e'er, where clover whitens The dead man's knoll, you pass, And no tall flower to meet you Starts in the trefoiled grass, Halt by the headstone shading The heart you have not stirred, And say the lad that loved you Was one that kept his word.
To truly find God, truth needs to be found independently from the opinions of others. The truth has to be found in our hearts.
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
I believe there's plenty of market for each; we're talking about an ecosystem that is going to support billions of devices, so a competitive landscape is good for consumers, developers, and the platforms alike. Apple brings a smooth elegance to its devices and platform, with the best marketplace experience to boot. Google brings a higher volume of devices as well as a more diverse ecosystem to interact with. The real story here is that Microsoft is nowhere to be seen, ending a two-decade monopoly and creating biggest opportunity for software startups probably ever.
I think the guys are starting to rally around my leadership style and the way I do things. I've been waiting for this opportunity my whole life.
I believe that nothing is more important to our ability to effectively address our present than understanding the lessons learned from those who have come before us.
Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten.
If we use resources productively and take to heart the lessons learned from coping with the energy crisis, we face a future confronted only, as Pogo, once said, by insurmountable opportunities. The many crises facing us should be seen, then, not as threats, but as chances to remake the future so it serves all beings.
Lessons learned in the home, last the longest.

Hunter Lovins famous quotes

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