“I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't have an assistant or anything because I think I can do it myself.” ThinkingI CanHomeCan DoOrganizedFarmsAssistantsI Can Do ItTidyHome Life Author:Mark Strong
“After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.” MeanWholeRunningEarthRomanceNaturalEnvironmentAccountsCorporationsAssetsSustainabilityMaintenanceUnderminingI Am StrongDepreciateDepreciation Author:Maurice Strong
“We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.” WorldWayMayCivilizationSavingCollapseSave The World Author:Maurice Strong
“Licences to have babies incidentally is something that I got in trouble for some years ago for suggesting even in Canada that this might be necessary at some point, at least some restriction on the right to have a child.” YearsChildrenMightTroubleBabyYears AgoCanadaRestrictionSuggesting Author:Maurice Strong
“What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.” DevelopmentPleaseAgendasSustainable DevelopmentPlease Me Author:Maurice Strong
“Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway.” IfsDifferencesAcceptingAcceptanceMaking A DifferencePathways Author:Maurice Strong
“If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset.” IfsWayWantProblemMinesFishesPreservesFishingAssetsFarms Author:Maurice Strong
“A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.” EnvironmentalPatternsLifestyleConsumption Author:Maurice Strong
“Rumors of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. I have never been interested in money.” WealthRumorExaggerated Author:Maurice Strong
“The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.” MonthsDevelopmentIndiaMeetingsMinistersPrimePrime Minister Author:Maurice Strong
