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

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.

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.

The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse.

She looked like a head-on collision between a fashion plate and a nightmare.

All great stories began as shitty first drafts.There are no exceptions to this.

Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don't interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.

God can take anything that happens to us-even bad things-and use it to shape us and make us into a better, more Christlike person-if we let Him.

Shooting a movie can be so tedious. You're trying to get 20 different angles on the same swing. You never get into a rhythm. But I took it very seriously.

A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages.

I hope I don't become just an animation [with a digital film].

Really now, search your soul, lovie-is the vampire so bad? All he does is drink blood.

What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party.

Newton expected no money from establishing his originality but rather desired recognition for his excellence.