"The gains made by better management and technology are still being outpaced by the environmental impacts of population and economic growth. We are on an unsustainable course."

“Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.”

“The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his consumption also undergoes a specialisation as regards the quality of the goods consumed. He consumes freely and of the best, in food, drink, narcotics, shelter, services, ornaments, apparel, weapons and accoutrements, amusements, amulets, and idols or divinities.”

Source : Thorstein Veblen (2016). “THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption: Development of Institutions That Shape Society and Influence the Livelihood of Citizens: Based on Sociological & Economical Theories of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer”, p.48, e-artnow

“One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.”

“The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.”

“I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It was a very free upbringing, and I'm grateful to my parents for that.”

“Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.”

“I know I'm honest and dependable, usually. I know I'm always dependable for my wife. I'm always at home and I'm always there to help.”

“All that is deformed ought to be reformed. The Word of God alone teaches us what ought to be so, and all reform effected otherwise is vain.”