Malthusian Growth Quotes & Sayings

He was glad to have been wakened, contemptuous as ever of the happiness to be found in dreams, displeased with himself for having fallen prey to it once again. — Michael Chabon

So hot that the locals claimed a pervert was a man who preferred women to beer — Terry Hayes

It is a wonderful honor to receive the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society, which for more than a century has fought tirelessly to protect and preserve our natural resources and environment for future generations. — Louis Bacon

That's what makes best friends. It's not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you feel about each other in your hearts. — Jacqueline Woodson

I suppose it's a compliment that I'm on level with your horse. — Ruth Cardello

The ban is completely out of my hands. And I think in most people's minds, even if it's unrealistic to them, it's one that I left myself with no choice on. — Lance Armstrong

I cried out not with hope of an ear but as accepting a shut door, darkness and a shut sky. — William Golding

It is not expected of critics that they should help us to make sense of our lives; they are bound only to attempt the lesser feat of making sense of the ways we try to make sense of our lives. — Frank Kermode

He has big hands too, I say, swigging cider. I should know. Big beautiful hands. I daresay big feet as well.
You mean that ... ? Philomena asks.
Fanny whispers in her ear, and she giggles.
I do find unclothed men interesting, I must admit.
Which one do you think has the best arse? I ask before I can stop myself. — Janet Mullany

What we call imagination is actually the universal library of what's real. You couldn't imagine it if it weren't real somewhere, sometime. — Terence McKenna

The people who see the population explosion in the Malthusian way - as a geometric progression - forget that population growth is not a biological issue. People are not increasing in numbers out of stupidity and ignorance. Population growth is an ecological phenomenon linked very intimately to other issues, such as the usurpation of the resources which allow people to live. — Vandana Shiva

The question of afterlife disappears, when we start to recognize the fact that we did not existed before our birth and the same will happen after death. — Sipendr

If I had to run a company on three measures, those measures would be customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and cash flow. Jack Welch, former CEO of GE — Anonymous

Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you. — Napoleon Hill