Famous Quotes & Sayings

E. F. Schumacher

The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.

E. F. Schumacher

Modern economic thinking...is peculiarly unable to consider the long term and to appreciate man's dependence on the natural world.

E. F. Schumacher

The modern world tends to be skeptical about everything that makes demands on man's higher faculties. But it is not at all skeptical about skepticism, which demands hardly anything.

E. F. Schumacher

Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation to man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of future generations: as long as you have not shown it to be "uneconomic" you have not really questioned its right to exist, grow, and prosper.

E. F. Schumacher

Scientific and technological "solutions" which poison the environment or degrade the social structure and man himself are of no benefit, no matter how brilliantly conceived or how great their superficial attraction.

E. F. Schumacher

The truly educated man is not a man who knows a bit of everything, not even a man who knows all the details of all subjects (if such a thing were possible). The whole man in fact may have little detailed knowledge of facts and theories... but he will be truly in touch with the centre. He will not be in doubt about his basic convictions, about his own view on the meaning and purpose of life. He may not be able to explain these matters in words, but the conduct of his life will show a certain sureness of touch which stems from his inner clarity.

E. F. Schumacher

If greed were not the master of modern man, how could it be that the frenzy of economic activity does not abate as higher standards of living are attained, and that it is precisely the richest societies which pursue their economic advantage with the greatest ruthlessness?

We were mental midgets. We didn't step up.

Maria Sharapova

When it's that hot, just mentally you've got to be so tough.

Mamata Banerjee

We have talked about the infiltration problem but not mentioned any community.

Nicole Vaidisova

Physically I was well, mentally I was well. I just never got into my rhythm.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Ah! Up then from the ground sprang I And hailed the earth with such a cry As is not heard save from a man Who has been dead, and lives again. About the trees my arms I wound; Like one gone mad I hugged the ground; I raised my quivering arms on high; I laughed and laughed into the sky...

William Howells

We live, but a world has passed awayWith the years that perished to make us men.

Tim Phillips

We could respond to the pressures and do something that would be fundamentally unfair to the men, but we have not.

Dick Durbin

We do not want to end the Patriot Act. We want to mend the Patriot Act.

(Brian) is mentally ready now. Physically, he's in shape, so now he's got it all together.

Joanne Harris

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

Joanne Harris

A man who casts no shadow isn't really a man at all.

Jo Coudert

Men fear being used; women fear being used up.

Jo Coudert

If a man has a sense of identity that does not depend on being shored up by someone else, it cannot be eroded by someone else. If a woman has a sense of identity that does not depend on finding that identity in someone else, she cannot lose her identity in someone else. And so we return to the central fact: it is necessary to be.

Jo Brand

I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.'

Jo Brand

Men are fantastic - as a concept.

Jo Brand

I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind.

Jo Brand

I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving.

Jo Brand

Wild men are so enormously attractive.

Jo Brand

My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose I opted to go into a very male-dominated arena to try and prove that.

Jimmy Carter

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American.

Jimmy Carter

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

Jimmy Carter

Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals.

Jimmy Carter

This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.

John C. Wright

A wasteland is a confrontation to a man of stature: an empty place, a gauntlet thrown down in challenge and defiance. A place like that cries out to be conquered and civilised.

John C. McGinley

A lot of things went incredibly well for 'Scrubs': from a ridiculous number of downloads on the iPods, to whenever they issue a new season on DVD it kinda sells out, and we got nominated for an Emmy. To be picked up for six years is all gravy, man.

John C. Reilly

I love to improvise, but I always thought "Man, it's like the final frontier for improvisational actors, to really go for something emotional, something that's not just chasing the laugh."