Yet, most of the readily accessible reserves of oil formed over hundreds of millions of years will be consumed within a single generation, spanning the years from 1960 to 1995.

One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come

Saving civilization is not a spectator sport.

No civilization has survived the ongoing destruction of its natural support systems. Nor will ours.

Today, more than ever, we need political leaders who can see the big picture, who understand the relationship between the economy and its environmental support systems.

Our numbers expand, but Earth's natural systems do not.

The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy.

The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of history.

Population growth is exceeding farmers' ability to keep up...Our oldest enemy, hunger, is again at the door.

Humanity's greatest challenge may soon be just making it to the next harvest.

Socialism failed because it couldn't tell the economic truth. Capitalism may fail because it couldn't tell the ecological truth.

There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it

And if things always stayed the same, Scarlett, what would be the reason for bothering to draw breath?

Life is simple. Make good decisions and good things happen. Make bad decisions and bad things happen.

The truthe wakes up once and never dies.

Music is what I am, everything else is what I do.

The sense of smell is the hair-trigger of memory.

Truth was a tool. It should never simply be said. No, it had to be bent, twisted, colored, until it became a weapon.

The danger of having the military take over intelligence is that the military has a very different perspective on the world.

I'll never retire. They'll have to take my computer out of my cold, dead hands. I'm addicted to writing. I feel physically unwell if I'm not doing it.

Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.