Quotes about Sustainability

Give a man a fire and keep him warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he will be warm for rest of his life.

Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive.

The historical system of mutual pillage and extortion stops here on Arrakis," his father said. "You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record.

Life improves the capacity to sustain life [...] Life makes needed nutrients more readily available. It binds more energy into the system through the tremendous chemical interplay from organism to organism.

For what would you use such a place, Paul Atreides?" "To make this planet a fit place for humans," Paul said. Perhaps that's why I help them, Kynes thought.

Dependency infrastructure is a term that includes all things necessary for a human population to survive at existing or increased numbers

You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record.

We have the world to live in on the condition that we will take good care of it. And to take good care of it, we have to know it. And to know it and to be willing to take care of it, we have to love it.

Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.

We must not only protect the country side and save it from destruction, we must restore what has been destroyed and salvage the beauty and charm of our cities ... Once our natural splendor is destroyed, it can never be recaptured. And once man can no longer walk with beauty or wonder at nature, his spirit will wither and his sustenance be wasted.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.