Donella Meadows Quotes

Smart development invests in insulation, efficient cars, and ever-renewed sources of energy. Dumb growth crashes around looking for more oil.

Donella Meadows

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GrowthSmartLookingEnergyDumb

I'm outdoors a lot, so I get dark. Guess who gets stopped? I've been pulled over, and they ask, 'Where are you from?' I say, 'Montana.' They say, 'Are you sure? And I say, 'I'm reasonably sure I'm from Montana, but you know, this is a dream life.' You start on this shtick with them and it's fun.

Jim Harrison

LifeFunStartOutdoorsYouDark

Words for mental processes are all derived from physical things.

Robert Smithson

WordsMentalThingsProcesses

You're trying to sleep off a debt that you've lumbered your brain and body with during the week, and wouldn't it be lovely if sleep worked like that? Sadly, it doesn't. Sleep is not like the bank, so you can't accumulate a debt and then try and pay it off at a later point in time.

Matthew Walker

TimeSleepBrainWeekYouBody

We are headed toward 'perfect capitalism,' when the laws of supply and demand become exact, because everyone knows everything about a product, service or customer. We will know precisely where the supply curve meets the demand curve, which will make the marketplace vastly more efficient.

Michio Kaku

ServiceCapitalismCustomerPerfect

I need to go out on a ride feeling full and feeling ready.

Lizzie Armitstead

RideFeelingReadyGoNeedOut

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

Joyce Brothers

SuccessFailureProcessLearnView

We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.

Dick Armey

FamilyTodayAmericanTaxCutGoing

The idea that a robot will become more aware of its environment, that telling it to 'go to the kitchen' means something - navigation and understanding of the environment is a robot problem. Those are the technological frontiers of the robotics industry.

Colin Angle

KitchenUnderstandingProblemBecome

Initial work is on period research where the historical markers are absolutely non-negotiable. Once that is established, a writer can take creative liberties in terms of chronology to suit the story.

Ashwin Sanghi

WorkCreativeResearchStorySuit

By the age of nine, I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish translation, and I began to write poems in honour of a lady of thirty years. Naturally, she knew nothing about them.

Wladyslaw Reymont

AgeKnowledgeLiteratureLadyThirty

I am an extremely laidback person when it comes to 'looking hot.'

Swara Bhaskar

I AmLookingPersonHotAm

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.

Susana Martinez

SuccessFearBelieveResentmentUs

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