Resources Quotes - Page 26

• To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources—not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off in the end.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Ends, Wells, Persons

  Daniel H. Pink (2012). “To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others”, p.31, Penguin

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• Societies that exclude the exoskeleton of religion should reflect carefully to what will happen to them over several generations. We don’t really know, because the first atheistic societies have only emerged in Europe in the last few decades. They are the least efficient societies ever known at turning resources (of which they have a lot) into offspring (of which they have few).

  Jonathan Haidt

  Europe, Generations, Lasts

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• And Alaska - we're set up, unlike other states in the union, where it's collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs. It's to maximize benefits for Alaskans, not an individual company, not some multinational somewhere, but for Alaskans.

  Sarah Palin

  Alaska, Development, Benefits

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• Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Opportunity, Voice, Action

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• I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.

  Carol Ann Duffy

  Thinking, Anxiety, Abuse

  "Christmas Carol" by Hephzibah Anderson, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2005.

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• The end is what you want, the means is how you get it. Whenever we think about social change, the question of means and ends arises. The man of action views the issue of means and ends in pragmatic and strategic terms. He has no other problem; he thinks only of his actual resources and the possibilities of various choices of action. He asks of ends only whether they are achievable and worth the cost; of means, only whether they will work. ... The real arena is corrupt and bloody.

  Saul Alinsky

  Real, Mean, Men

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• Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.

  Gale Norton

  Long, Natural, Humans

  "The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.

  Maxine Waters

  Cities, Congress, Mayors

  "Los Angeles Times Interview : Maxine Waters : Veteran Legislator Makes People Angry-but She's Never Ignored". Interview with Robert Scheer, articles.latimes.com. May 16, 1993.

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• Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.

  Jose Mujica

  Eight, Today, Waste

  "Poverty and the Presidency: Uruguay’s Jose Mujica" by Conrad Black, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2012.

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• Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.

  Twyla Tharp

  Giving, Wish, Neurosis

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• It looks perverted and wasteful to us, but then one thing that empires are not about is the efficient use of resources and the spread of happiness; both are typically accomplished despite the economic short-circuiting - corruption and favoritism, mostly- endemic to the system.

  Iain Banks

  Looks, Use, Empires

  "The Player of Games (The Culture, Book 2)". Book by Iain Banks (Chapter 1, p. 91), 1988.

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• It’s not a requirement to eat animals, we just choose to do it, so it becomes a moral choice and one that is having a huge impact on the planet, using up resources and destroying the biosphere.

  James Cameron

  Animal, Impact, Choices

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources and perseverance. Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance.

  Satya Nadella

  Perseverance, Three, Microsoft

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• I'm certainly well taken care of in terms of food and clothes ... Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. Its utility is entirely in building an organization and getting the resources out to the poorest in the world.

  Bill Gates

  Taken, Organization, Clothes

  "Bill Gates interview: I have no use for money. This is God’s work". Interview with Neil Tweedie, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 18, 2013.

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• Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.

  Hans Kung

  Spiritual, Order, Humanity

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• In addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of these horrible crimes.

  Jim Costa

  Children, People, Crime

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• Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.

  Bell Hooks

  Mean, Giving, Important

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• But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods.

  Ivan Pavlov

  Powerful, Men, Objectivity

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• HR?'
  'Human Resources.'
  'In Brussels that kind of department is referred to as the Office for Personkind Enablement. Resources sounds like something you dig out of the ground.

  Peter F. Hamilton

  Office, Sound, Kind

  Peter F. Hamilton (2012). “Great North Road”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

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• Adult stem cells have shown great potential and have effectively helped patients. Another alternative is cord-blood stem cells. These are a neglected resource that could be used to treat a diverse body of people.

  Jim Ryun

  Cells, Blood, People

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• If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.

  Lawrence Lessig

  Change, People, Leaving

  "May the Source Be With You". Wired magazine, www.wired.com. December 9, 2001.

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• Not until the empirical resources are exhausted, need we pass on to the dreamy realms of speculation.

  Edwin Powell Hubble

  Needs, Exhausted, Realms

  Edwin Powell Hubble (1936). “The Realm of the Nebulæ”

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• You, (my meat-eating friends), put your health at risk – that’s your business. But animal-based diets put the land, the water, the air, a society’s collective health, and even our collective pharmaceutical resources at risk. That’s my business. That’s everyone’s business.

  Howard Lyman

  Animal, Air, Land

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• We must work to repeal trade agreements that impede access to affordable generic drugs. We must work to cause the IMF and the World Bank to reduce and eventually eliminate the debt that takes poor nations' resources away from crises like AIDS. We must focus America's leadership on addressing and ending this epidemic.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Epidemics, Agreement, America

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• There is no ecological architecture, no intelligent architecture and no sustainable architecture - there is only good architecture. There are always problems we must not neglect. For example, energy, resources, costs, social aspects - one must always pay attention to all these.

  Eduardo Souto de Moura

  Intelligent, Energy, Example

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