Top 1200 Renewable Resources Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

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

Teapot Dome involved the conservation of the oil resources of the United States, especially those situated upon the public lands.

The misappropriation of resources provided by the government for weapons means the Nigerian military is unable to beat Boko Haram.

Market mechanisms are totally irrelevant when resources are used to serve a larger purpose, especially for the underserved, unserved, or marginalised.

Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.

I have found all things thus far, persons and inanimate matter, elements and seasons, strangely adapted to my resources.

He's an innocent in a lot of ways. He's a very simple person who really doesn't have the resources or the strength, ultimately, to handle the situation.

As soon as I got in the NBA, I was thinking about it - wanting to use my influence and resources to help different communities.

I'm not a techno-determinist. I believe we need to improve our existing human resources, and technology can only be a complement.

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

It should be possible, in a 'debreviation' mode, to type 'clr' on the keyboard and have 'The Council on Library Resources, Inc.' appear on the display.

If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers.

Diverse groups of countries can do a lot by trading amongst themselves, exploiting differences in costs, resources, and technologies.

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

Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.

My fundamental tenets are concerned with freedom of the individual; the market isn't perfect, but it's the best available way of allocating resources.

Mental health resources are under huge pressure and there are a lot of people who are not necessarily getting the support they need in time.

God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.

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.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

I don't think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It's a waste of resources.

As a global company, we have abundant resources in both capable people and capacity and also competency to make a success in India.

Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand.

Up to a certain extent the UN soldiers are useful. But they are consuming a lot of resources in relation to the little work they are doing.

You have resources yet to be unleashed. Make bold, courageous choices. Live as though you have the power to change the world - because you do.

Homelessness is like public education - something that for far too long we haven't put the resources or love or attention to.

Anyone who has been as successful as I have should want to share those resources. Why not give some of it to charity?

Resources are a trust of the nation, and each and every penny is being spent on public welfare projects honestly.

The lack of space and a growing prison population has strained resources and put pressure on all levels of the penal system.

It's going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don't have the will.

No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.

I champion a real campaign to tackle the rampant corruption that is draining Saudi resources, both financial and human.

Most churches don't have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.

Love is a great poet, its resources are inexhaustible, but if the end it has in view is not obtained, it feels weary and remains silent.

We should not be strangling ourselves economically by not utilizing the resources we have been given or by putting them off-limits.

With Betaworks' drive and resources now behind it, I'm confident that Instapaper has a very bright future. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do.

National service can bridge the gap between the social challenges we face and the resources needed to overcome them.

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

Economic growth tends to require the taking of resources from the Earth. So something has to change on a debt-based economy.

Sometimes, we are dealing with our own troubles and feel that we don't have the resources to help one another. Or simply, we just don't know what to do.

We are unnecessarily wasting our precious resources in wars... if we must wage war, we have to do it on unemployment, disease, poverty, and backwardness.

It is evident that the fortunes of the world's human population, for better or for worse, are inextricably interrelated with the use that is made of energy resources.

The presence of Christ brings us his power and ability to use our limited resources in limitless ways.

I'm driven by the gaps, the things that are missing, the areas where marginalized people exist - and where the least resources are available for them.

I want to put our resources where I think they're most needed: Getting rid of any violent person.

Large credit guarantees also impede optimal allocation of financial resources and increase moral hazard.

I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It's not a good use of our resources.

My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be.

The State Energy Program, it provides grants to States and directs funding to State energy offices. The States use these grants to address their energy priorities, program funding to adopt emerging renewable energy and energy-efficient technologies.

An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor.

One of the reasons I think the population question is important, if we want to be as green as possible, any of our energy that is truly renewable is limited. Solar and wind are intermittent and they're so diffuse, it's difficult to harness them in a significant way. But one thing we could be doing is making it a law (like it is in Israel and Cyprus) to take every building eight stories or under and heat all of the water in those buildings with solar energy. It's absolutely simple and cheap technology.

I think that peacekeeping can do quite a lot, if they are given the right mandate with the commensurate resources to get the job done.

Bad spending, to me, in terms of its economic benefit, would be wealth transfer payments. It's a misallocation of resources.

Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so.

We are about to enter a new era in which, each year, less net energy will be available to humankind, regardless of our efforts or choices. The only significant choice we will have will be how we adjust to this new regime. That choice - not whether, but how to reduce energy usage and make a transition to renewable alternatives - will have profound ethical and political ramifications.

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature.

I was once a struggling artist, so I just want to help others, and provide my resources and connections and the people I know.

Dividing meager resources across a host of medium term operational goals creates mediocrity on a broad scale.

Research is one of the Nation's very greatest resources and the role of the Federal Government in supporting and stimulating it needs to reexamined.

Most of us feel some kind of uncertainty, with the population increasing and resources decreasing. We have to face these issues.