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William McDonough Quotes: If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to put wheels on our luggage.
         

If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to put wheels on our luggage.


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To eliminate the concept of waste means to design things-products, packaging, and systems-from the very beginning on the understanding that waste does not exist.

To eliminate the concept of waste means to design things-products, packaging, and systems-from the very beginning on the understanding that waste does not exist.



Designing renders visible our hopes and dreams. It is the first signal of human intentions.

Designing renders visible our hopes and dreams. It is the first signal of human intentions.



Waste equals food, whether it's food for the earth, or for a closed industrial cycle. We manufacture products that go from cradle to grave. We want to manufacture them from cradle to cradle.

Waste equals food, whether it's food for the earth, or for a closed industrial cycle. We manufacture products that go from cradle to grave. We want to manufacture them from cradle to cradle.



The Stone Age did not end because humans ran out of stones. It ended because it was time for a re-think about how we live.

The Stone Age did not end because humans ran out of stones. It ended because it was time for a re-think about how we live.



In the end, the question is not, how do we use nature to serve our interests? It's how can we use humans to serve nature's interest?'

In the end, the question is not, how do we use nature to serve our interests? It's how can we use humans to serve nature's interest?'



Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good.

Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good.



Our goal is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world, with clean air, water, soil and power – economically, equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed.

Our goal is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world, with clean air, water, soil and power – economically, equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed.



The surest way to heal an eco-system is to connect it to more of itself.

The surest way to heal an eco-system is to connect it to more of itself.



If we think about things having multiple lives, cradle to cradle, we could design things that can go back to either nature or back to industry forever.

If we think about things having multiple lives, cradle to cradle, we could design things that can go back to either nature or back to industry forever.



Sustainability takes forever. And that's the point.

Sustainability takes forever. And that's the point.





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There’s no law against admiring a best friend’s sister.



If you look at their intentions, examine their motives, and scrutinize what brings them contentment – how can people hide who they are? How can they hide who they really are?

If you look at their intentions, examine their motives, and scrutinize what brings them contentment – how can people hide who they are? How can they hide who they really are?



Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?

Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?



If we want a miracle, we’ve got to surrender all our faith.

If we want a miracle, we’ve got to surrender all our faith.



I think of the U.S. Marines like we used to think of the Foreign Legion; as big mouths with big hearts.

I think of the U.S. Marines like we used to think of the Foreign Legion; as big mouths with big hearts.



Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.



A king can stand people's fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking.

A king can stand people's fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking.



In luck or out the toil has left its mark: That old perplexity an empty purse, Or the day's vanity, the night's remorse.

In luck or out the toil has left its mark: That old perplexity an empty purse, Or the day's vanity, the night's remorse.




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