A Quote by Paul Hawken

There is no polite way to say that business is destroying the world.

Paul Hawken

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Paul Hawken
American - Environmentalist
Born: February 8, 1946

We're not destroying the world because we're clumsy. We're destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it.

Daniel Quinn

And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it's much more polite.

Miriam Makeba

The TV business is soul-crushing, talent-destroying and human being-destroying.

Olivia De Havilland

The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.

Olivia De Havilland

I'm the most passionate about pushing the realization that there's the joy of love and kindness and sharing, all of these basic qualities, on people who are suffering from adulthood. By these people, I mean, I really feel bad. I think that in their sadness, they're destroying the world. The way that they're destroying the world manifests itself in all these various causes that you have banding together all over the place.

Alex Ebert

...When the government goes into the business of destroying trust, it goes into the business of destroying itself.

Arthur Miller

Business is destroying the world, with flair, expertise, and panache.

Paul Hawken

We have a serious problem with incarceration in this country. It's destroying families, it's destroying communities and we're the most incarcerated country in the world, and when you look deeper and look at the reasons we got to this place, we as a society made some choices politically and legislatively, culturally to deal with poverty, deal with mental illness in a certain way and that way usually involves using incarceration.

John Legend

My heroes in real life are definitely my mom for being true to herself, for having a foot in both worlds, for being so very polite - Canadian and also such a traditional Greek woman. I would sum it up this way: the life lesson she would say is be polite while you're breaking the rules.

Nia Vardalos

You all say you need us. Well, maybe you do, but not to help, with the millions of bubbly new minds about to be unleashed, with all the cities coming awake at last. Together, you're more than enough to change the world without us. So from now on, David and I are here to stand in your way. You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.

Scott Westerfeld

Matt's brother and the blond cook spent a good portion of last season tangling the sheets. Historically, said cook tangled many other sheets with dexterity and aplomb." "Aplomb" "It's a polite way to say she banged often, well and without too much discrimination." "That also sounded polite." "I was raised well.

Nora Roberts

There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?

Daniel Dennett

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.

Steve Yzerman

I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.

S. Truett Cathy

Part of the reason I'm doing Us + Them tour is to play my part in trying to spread the message that cooperation is a better way to resolve conflicts than confrontation. That bridges are better than walls, that nationalism and exceptionalism is destroying our world and destroying our lives.

Roger Waters

The wind is the appalling enemy. It is mind-destroying, physically-destroying, soul-destroying.

Chris Bonington

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