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“I dreamed that I was young and smart, and it was not a waste. I dreamed that there was a point of life, and to the human race.”

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Book:Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics

Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics

“The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden-that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time.”

Source: Mere Christianity

“Even if you could use all the organic material that you have--the animal manures, the human waste, the plant residues--and get them back on the soil, you couldn't feed more than 4 billion people. In addition, if all agriculture were organic, you would have to increase cropland area dramatically, spreading out into marginal areas and cutting down millions of acres of forests.”

People Ifs Humans Use Animal Millions Cutting Materials Waste Areas Increase Plant Billions Forests Soil Agriculture Acres Manure Cutting Down

Author:Norman Borlaug

“Economists use the word consume to mean "utilize economic goods," but the Shorter Oxford Dictionary's definition is more appropriate to ecologists: "To make away with or destroy; to waste or to squander; to use up." The economies that cater to the global consumer society are responsible for the lion's share of the damage that humans have inflicted on common global resources.”

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Author:Alan Thein Durning

“There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth, Without one fool or flatterer at your board, Without one hour of sickness or disgust.”

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Book:John Armstrong's The Art of Preserving Health: Eighteenth-century Sensibility in Practice

Source: John Armstrong's The Art of Preserving Health: Eighteenth-century Sensibility in Practice

“Food security is an authentically human requirement. Guaranteeing it for present and future generations also means safeguarding ourselves against the uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources. Indeed, the process of consumption and waste seems to overlook any concern for ... biodiversity, which is so important for agriculture.”

“Human beings are amazing at finding ways to waste their own time.”

Way Humans Human Beings Waste Findings

Author:David Fincher

“We kid ourselves that we're trying to be empathetic with the human condition from a distance, but I don't think that is it at all. It's stupid; it's a waste of time. But when the earth flexes its muscles, that's rather different. That's a powerful reminder of where we are.”

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Author:Simon Winchester

“I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.”

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Author:Neil Armstrong