Barry Commoner Quotes

The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.

Barry Commoner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 28, 1917 - September 30, 2012

Topics

PeopleEnvironmentalSickEnergyDie

People inspire me. Every day, I meet amazing individuals in the field. When I see a mother who has walked for three weeks to come to a MSF clinic, with two kids on her back and her belongings on her head, facing intimidation and physical abuse on her way, I am inspired by her resilience - her desire for life.

Joanne Liu

LifeMotherDayI AmPeopleAmazing

In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long as there was a consistent banter.

Jesse Eisenberg

DoingLongMatterConsistentPlot

People can grow from adversity as much as they do from prosperity.

Andrew Yang

AdversityPeopleGrowProsperity

I never say I work in television, I say I get to work in television.

Andy Cohen

WorkTelevisionSayNeverGet

I think once you enter the dating world and you realise it's nothing like those Disney movies you watched when you were a little girl, you just become more guarded.

Megan Fox

GirlDatingWorldThinkYouMovies

Too few presidents have steeped themselves not just in Lincoln's words but his deeds, which is why Obama's acquaintance with the great man is so compelling - especially since, like President-elect Lincoln, Obama will take office at a perilous time.

Michael Beschloss

GreatTimeWordsManGreat ManWhy

As for restaurants and fast-food places who tip tons of oil down their drains, they are routinely encouraged to use fat traps, but enforcement is minimal. It costs money to cart away fat (although now that fat is being turned into energy, it can make money).

Rose George

MoneyEnergyFatDownNowOil

The most important phase of living with a person is respect for that person as an individual.

Millicent Carey McIntosh

RespectPersonImportantLivingMost

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

Janis Joplin

LoveHomeAlonePeopleGoStage

I used to eat because food tastes so good. I love food, it's one of the best things on this planet. But I changed the way I was thinking. I started asking myself, 'Hey, am I eating because it tastes good? Or because I really need some more? Am I really still hungry?'

Jordin Sparks

LoveGoodMyselfFoodBestEating

I've had cancer four times. But you know, God has blessed me, and I feel so honored and so privileged in the blessings of life.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

LifeGodMeBlessedBlessingsYou

My parents never had to tell me about the birds and the bees, you know? It was very out in the open.

Corey Stoll

ParentsMeBirdsYouKnowNever

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