“For much of history it was possible to believe that the great diversity of life on Earth was a fixed creation, that the living world had never changed. But when the first stirrings of industry demanded that fuel be dug from the earth and hillsides be leveled for roads and railways, the Earths true past was dug up in abundance.” WorldFirstsBelieveEarthPastCreationChangedIndustryDiversityFixedAbundanceFuelNever ChangeStirringRailwayGreat DiversityDiversity Of Life Author:Kenneth R. Miller
“When the desire of wealth is taking hold of the heart, let us look round and see how it operates upon than whose industry or fortune has obtained it. When we find them oppressed with their own abundance, luxurious without pleasure, idle without ease, impatient and querulous in themselves, and despised or hated by the rest of mankind, we shall soon be convinced that if the real wants of our condition are satisfied, there remains little to be sought with solicitude or desired with eagerness.” IfsWantLooksHeartLittlesRealDesireWealthPleasureConditionsMankindIndustryRemainsFortuneRoundsConvincedSatisfiedEaseHatedAbundanceIdleOppressedImpatientDespisedEagernessLuxuriousSolicitude Author:Samuel Johnson
“Few enjoyments are given from the open and liberal hand of nature; but by art, labor and industry we can extract them in great abundance. Hence, the ideas of property become necessary in all civil society.” ArtIdeasHandsGivenIndustryLaborPropertyProsperityEnjoymentAbundanceCivil Society Book:Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition Source: Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition
“You cannot just depend on the market, because the market will say: China needs oil; China needs coal; China needs whatever, and Africa has got all these things in abundance. And we go there and get them, and the more we develop the Chinese economy, the larger the manufacturing is, the more we need global markets - sell it to the Africans which indeed might very well destroy whatever infant industries are trying to develop on the continent. That is what the market would do.” NeedsTryingWellsMightEconomyDependsIndustrySellsChinaOilChineseAbundanceContinentsCoalInfantManufacturing Author:Thabo Mbeki
“This is an industry [high fashion] that has an abundance of over-confidence. I don't think anyone would dispute that, and I'm not trying to pick on anybody, but that's just a fact, right? And sometimes that's fun.” ThinkingTryingSometimesFactsFunFashionIndustryPicksAbundanceDisputesHigh FashionOver Confidence Author:Jared Leto