Top 1200 Natural Resources Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

We should choose simple ways of living... to live in harmony with nature by adopting simpler technologies and using natural resources innovatively.

And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources.

It is sad that it was necessary that Santa Barbara should be the example that had to bring it to the attention of the American people. What is involved is the use of our resources of the sea and of the land in a more effective way and with more concern for preserving the beauty and the natural resources that are so important to any kind of society that we want for the future. The Santa Barbara incident has frankly touched the conscience of the American people.

Each generation is trusted with protecting our open spaces and natural resources to pass them on to future Americans to enjoy.

Many rich people in China made their fortunes by damaging natural resources and building corrupt relations with the government.

I do not intend that our natural resources shall be exploited by the few against the interests of the many.

We can bring together rich natural resources, innovative research and development, smart investors, and risk-taking farming and manufacturing entrepreneurs.

We have to acknowledge that we can't look to manufacturing or natural resources to drive growth like we have in the past. Human capital, talent, and knowledge are our most important resources now. Every city has hidden seeds of opportunity waiting to be nurtured. Places like Detroit, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh are among my favorite cities. They have great universities, clusters of innovation across a range of industries, and pools of innovative and creative talent to build on.

If the incentives are aligned right - towards better preservation and restoration of nature and natural resources - then you'll see a tremendous amount of activity in that direction.

It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history

We treat a planet at crisis point as an externality that can be shunted into a future generation. We continue to act as if we had the natural resources of several planets, not one.

Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth.

Venezuela, given its extraordinary educational, cultural, and social developments, and its vast energy and natural resources, is called on to become a revolutionary model for the world.

When I'm out hustling up new industries, I can offer Louisiana's many selling points. We have unmatched natural resources, a unique culture and fantastic workers.

With your reorientation as awareness, difficulty calls upon your resources - not first the resources that you're familiar with, but the resources of your own being.

Without the land, the rivers, the oceans, the forests, the sunshine, the minerals and thousands of natural resources we would have no economy whatsoever

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.

In effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and the disadvantaged.

We as governors, whether we're Republican or Democrat, we really believe that we know what's best for our people. And in Arizona, and particularly we're very interested about natural resources.

...so mankind is now trapped by the failure of its energies and by the depletion of those natural resources that men have plundered wantonly.

Why should the simple fact of your having more money entitle you to a greater share of the Earth's limited natural resources?

Canada is rich in hydrocarbons and other natural resources... India's requirements and Canada's surplus are a perfect match.

Humanity is living off its ecological credit card and can only do this by liquidating the planet's natural resources.

The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources, so exhaustion is just an event, not a catastrophe.

Russia depends on natural resources way too much. Russian economy is not diversified enough

For Modi, India offers a great opportunity for development with excellent natural and human resources.

Until every individual feels personally responsible for the careful planning and the preservation of natural resources, the inexorable destruction will go on.

Auctioning of natural resources such as spectrum, coal, oilfields, and land for commercial exploitation can largely substitute for tax impositions.

If we don't preserve the natural resources, you aren't going to have a sustainable society. This is not something for Chez Panisse and the elite of San Francisco. It's for everyone.

This is England," he explained. "Tell someone it's a procedure, and they'll believe you. The pointless procedure is one of our great natural resources.

We have more natural resources - coal, oil, wind - across the board not only to be energy independent but to be a leading exporter.

What we're losing culturally the fastest, aside from natural resources and oil and the idea of democracy and social justice, is the ability to concentrate.

My interests in the world of technology are mainly video games, but I like tech as a means to help solve big issues, such as the demands on natural resources.

We live in a country with a vast majority of people below the poverty line. Our natural resources are limited and getting scarcer.

Can we disregard the growing phenomenon of "environmental refugees", people who are forced by the degradation of their natural habitat to forsake it - and often their possessions as well - in order to face the dangers and uncertainties of forced displacement? Can we remain impassive in the face of actual and potential conflicts involving access to natural resources? All these are issues with a profound impact on the exercise of human rights, such as the right to life, food, health and development.

Ethnic divisions can definitely be exacerbated by a lack of natural resources, but those tensions become violent when people manipulate them for their own political gain.

I want to see a connected and progressive future for Australia, where we harness our greatest natural resources: sun, wind, and brain power.

If left-wing extremism continues to flourish in parts which have natural resources of minerals, the climate for investment would certainly be affected.

Resources on the planet are limited, and limited resources can come to an end. But there are also a lot of resources that are renewable. A lot of land, for example, can be reclaimed from the encroaching deserts.

There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.

And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid.

Our greatest natural resources are our hearts and minds, together with those of the people around us.

As hundreds of millions of Chinese have improved their standard of living, this has put enormous pressure on natural resources, raw materials, and food basics, among others.

Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.

What leads to a growth - skills, demographics, natural resources, democracy, entrepreneurship - India has in abundant measure.

It is only through developing and maximizing all its natural resources that a sustainable future for Africa and its people can be secured.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.

Our planet's greener future depends on nurturing our natural and abundant renewable resources.

Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future.

Think of the Nets infrastructure as a source of natural building resources. Linux is not growing on the trees - it is the trees.

She looks like a fairy tale, but yet feels so natural (natural, natural, natural) This one's a beast, but way to wonderful to be compared to an animal

We survived on natural resources, so we should take care of the earth. When I leave home, I do things like switching off the heat and lights.

Power is generally defined as control over resources and control over access to resources, which often means control over other people because we're thinking about things like financial resources or shelter, or even love and affection, but we also possess resources that we sometimes can't access.

The goal here is to triple the lifespan of human beings. We can't have triple the natural resources, so we need to be more efficient.

In any race between human numbers and natural resources, time is against us.

I think your resources are feeling. Your resources are depth. Your resources are learning. Your resources are touching and feeling. And for me, sobriety helps and aids all of that.

From every conceivable angle-economic social, cultural, public health, national defense-conservation of natural resources is an objective on which all should agree.

Cutting down a forest for timber adds to GDP, but what we don't record is the loss to our wealth in terms of natural resources.

One has a responsibility to clean up one's space and make it livable as far as one's own resources go. That includes not only material resources, but psychological resources: the commitment of time and a portion of your mind to something when you'd rather be doing something else.