The doctrine of population has been conspicuously absent, not because I doubt in the least its truth and vast importance, but because it forms no part of the direct problem of economics.

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

The world's population will multiply more rapidly than the available food supply.

The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.

Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.

A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

The perpetual struggle for room and food.

Malthus married in 1804 and beat three children with his wife

Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

Change occurs on a continuum and does not move in a straight line.

Don't choose someone who's beautiful to the world. Choose someone who makes your world beautiful.

My DVR says that I watch a lot of TV my husband likes.

My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.

No one wanted a job. No one could hold a job. You tend to see those going hand in hand.

My parents couldn't afford a full time drama school, but I basically just did every class I could do, and followed every drama interest I could. When I was 15 or 16 I did drama courses.

Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.

When you say "paying the banks," what they really mean is paying the bank bondholders. They are basically the One Percent.