"I never knew how much we consumed. It seems as if we are all appetite, as if a human being is simply a bundle of needs to drain the world. Itâ€™s no wonder there are wars, no wonder the earth and water and air are polluted. Itâ€™s no wonder the economy collapsed, if Eva and I use so much merely to stay alive."

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Source : Jean Hegland (2016). “Into The Forest”, p.124, Random House

Jean Hegland

#War Quotes #Air Quotes #Water Quotes

“Looking and seeing are two different things.”
“Anyone who claims that the debate is over and the conclusions are firm has a fundamentally unscientific approach to one of the most momentous issues of our time.”

Source : "Pål Brekke: Internationally renowned climate sceptic and solar expert". Interview with Siw Ellen Jacobsen, www.forskningsradet.no. February 29, 2008.
“While the tendency to generate ideas is rather natural, the path to making them happen is tumultuous.”

Source : Scott Belsky (2010). “Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality”, p.9, Penguin
“Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.”
“I was born and raised in New York City, Manhattan, uptown.”
“Well, you need to hear about money, because you ain't gonna have no love and joy and peace until you get some money!”
“I follow Coach Spurrier because he seems to have an entertaining way of communicating.”
“The manager's function is not to make people work, it is to make it possible for people to work.”

Source : "Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams". Book by Tom DeMarco, 1987.

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