"No society can sustain unlimited growth - none ever has. History demonstrates that expectations of infinite growth lead to collapse. Unfortunately, millennia of evidence also indicates that needed attempts to stabilize such societies run counter to the expectations of the populace and of interest groups. For that reason, such attempts at stabilization frequently fail."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Arthur Demarest

#Running Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Growth Quotes

“For too long, we've assumed that there is a single template for human nature, which is why we diagnose most deviations as disorders. But the reality is that there are many different kinds of minds. And that's a very good thing.”
“Those who excel in war first cultivate their own humanity and and maintain their laws and institutions. By these means they make their governments invincible.”
“The story is more important to me than the part.”
“In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?”

Source : Igor Stravinsky “An Autobiography”, Library of Alexandria
“Censorship may have to do with literature; but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.”
“You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible.”

Source : "Michael Phelps' Top 5 Fundamentals for Pulling Off the Impossible" by Henrik Edberg, www.positivityblog.com. August 22, 2008.
“People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes. The problem is that taxes aren't used efficiently.”
“With all reserve we advance the view that a supernova represents the transition of an ordinary star into a neutron star consisting mainly of neutrons. Such a star may possess a very small radius and an extremely high density. As neutrons can be packed much more closely than ordinary nuclei and electrons, the gravitational packing energy in a cold neutron star may become very large, and under certain conditions may far exceed the ordinary nuclear packing fractions...”

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