Saving civilization is not a spectator sport.

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

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.

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

Two types of leaders: there are thinkers and there are doers. Some are idea generators and others are the implementers.

A very fine artist can take something quite ordinary and, through sheer artistry and willpower, turn it into a work of art.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act accordingly to their beliefs.

I missed her then but it was an odd sort of missing because by then, I knew the meaning of forever.

EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.

We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.

I can't stand rap....people who can't sing do rap....you can sing rebellion as well as talk it....Hitler would have been in a rap band.

When my wife gets mad at me, I remind myself that she is much smarter than I am and so I probably deserve it, even if I don't really understand it!

There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity.

Throughout whatever I do, I always just say "Director" first. I am directing the storylines and I'm creating what it is.