“I'm actually cautiously optimistic that Donald Trump will be so bad that he will force America to wake up and realise that forcing America to vote for right wing Republicans is always a terrible idea. It's never been a good idea, but what happened here is you have a president like Obama who gives you eight years of relative stability and prosperity, and people forget that Republicans are just terrible, not just for the country but for the planet. Maybe this is America's equivalent of bottoming out, like a crystal meth addict going on one last big run before they have to get sober.” PeopleGivingYearsIdeasCountryBigsRunningLastsAmericaForcePresidentForgetHappenedPlanetsTrumpTerribleRepublicanVoteWake UpWingsProsperityEightOptimisticRealisingStabilityRelativeGood IdeasSoberAddictCrystalsRight WingCrystal Meth Author:Moby
“Probably nothing that we have ever managed to do quite equals the basic undermining of the physical stability of the planet on which most of the world's poor people depend.” PeopleWorldPoorPlanetsDependsStabilityPoor PeopleUndermining Author:Bill McKibben
“There is nothing that will discombobulate and degrade [more] the lives of people near the margin on this planet. You don't have to look much past New Orleans to see that. Who took the hit? Some of the poorest people in the U.S.” PeopleLooksPastPlanetsNew OrleansMarginsPoorestDegrade Author:Bill McKibben
“When we work all over the planet, it's mostly poor and black and brown and young people, because that's mostly what the world [environmentalism] is.” PeopleWorldYoungBlackPoorPlanetsBrownEnvironmentalism Author:Bill McKibben
“If we're going to save the planet, people are going to have to live in ways that don't require so much energy and don't create as much waste. The only way to do that is to live more densely than Americans are living right now.” PeopleIfsWayEnergyPlanetsRight NowWasteSave The PlanetLiving RightLiving Right Now Author:Carol Ross Barney
“We've got a planet in which we don't want to have everybody having sex, and most people are lonely anyway.” PeopleWantSexPlanetsLonelyHaving Sex Author:Howard Rheingold
“Most people have made this mistake of thinking Middle-earth is a particular kind of earth or is another planet of the science fiction sort but it's just an old fashioned word for this world we live in, as imagined surrounded by the Ocean.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindMadeEarthMistakeFictionMiddleThis WorldParticularPlanetsOceanScience FictionOld FashionedMiddle Earth Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“There is a lot of flesh to be put on the bones - but there is at least an opening for a more pragmatic, less ideological debate about how to build economies that work for people, within the limits of our planet.” PeopleEconomyPlanetsLimitsBonesFleshDebateOpeningOur PlanetIdeologicalPragmatic Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“It's great to learn more about sports I'm probably less familiar with - stock car racing, rodeo, e-sports - and realize that a lot of the people at the center of those sports bring the same level of passion, commitment and disciple that I try to with football. Sports is a way of life for billions of people around the planet.” PeopleWayTryingPassionSportsRealizingLevelsCarFootballPlanetsCommitmentBillionsFamiliarRacingDiscipleRodeoCar RacingStock Car Racing Author:Tom Brady
“If I had to write down the most important people in the history of this planet, No.1 would be (abolitionist) John Brown. Why? Because he's a white man who said he would die for the cause, because they could take him, but they weren't going to take his grandchildren. That brother was beautiful.” PeopleIfsMenWritingSaidImportantWould BeBeautifulDiesCausesWhitePlanetsBrotherBrownWhite ManGrandchildrenAbolitionistJohn Brown Author:Dick Gregory
“The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.” PeoplePersonsMatterTodayFailingPlanetsMilesGentlemanExtrasExtra Mile Author:Anna Kendrick
“Obama has always been, while President, has been close to the Queen of England, and the Queen of England has a standing policy now, which has been going on for some time, saying that we have to reduce the human population, on this planet, from 7 billion people down to less than 1! That is her avowed policy.” PeopleHumansHas BeensPresidentPolicyPlanetsStandingEnglandPopulationBillionsQueensHuman PopulationQueen Of England Author:Lyndon LaRouche
“It's almost unbelievable where we are as a planet because people have been so afraid of rocking the boat, of putting forth what they really believe, and standing with people who need to be stood with.” PeopleNeedsBelieveHas BeensPlanetsStandingBoatUnbelievableRocking The Boat Author:Alice Walker
“Our problem mostly in our abuse of each other and the planet is greed. Just the rampant, incredible greed that people have partly because they're empty and they can't get enough because they're - you know, it's that Buddhist thing about the hungry ghost with the little mouth and the big belly.” PeopleKnowsLittlesEnoughProblemBigsPlanetsMouthsEmptyAbuseGreedIncrediblesGhostHungryBuddhistBelly Author:Alice Walker
“In America, we want a peaceful planet. We want people to be able to enjoy their lives and know they're going to have a bright and prosperous future, not be at war. That's our purpose.” PeopleKnowsWantWarAbleAmericaPurposeEnjoyPlanetsPeacefulProsperousProsperous Future Author:Barack Obama
“Most of the world is fooling about, especially the people who think they control the world and the community. The presidents, the politicians, the military, etc., are all jerking about, acting as if they are Lord over their own domains. That's basically Problem One on the planet.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldProblemPresidentCommunityActingLordMilitaryPlanetsPoliticianEtcDomainActing As If Author:George Harrison
“I feel there is a great spiritual awakening on the planet right now. More than any previous time, people are drawn to meditation, to mindfulness, to yoga. These have become mainstream in the West because there is a hunger.” PeopleFeelsSpiritualMeditationPlanetsRight NowMindfulnessYogaWestHungerAwakeningMainstreamSpiritual AwakeningGreat Spiritual Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“The left has done a very admirably good job of demonizing the private sector, where what happens? Cheating, lying, dishonesty, destroying the planet, killing customers, starving people. And they've positioned themselves, of course, as the great compassionate last hope. They're the ones who truly care. We're not supposed to examine the results of their efforts, which are always dismal and always fail. We're supposed to examine their good intentions.” PeopleDoneHappensCareJobsLastsLyingCoursesLeftResultsEffortFailingPlanetsIntentionKillingCustomersCheatingDestroyingCompassionateGood JobStarvingDishonestyGood IntentionsPrivate Sector Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Many social critics wag their fingers at what they perceive to be frivolous luxury spending. But that misses the point that consumption norms are local. It's not just the rich who spend more when they get more money. Everyone else does, too. The mansions of the rich may seem over the top to people in the middle, but the same could be said of middle-class houses as seen by most of the planet's seven billion people.” PeopleMayDoeSaidSeemsHouseSocialClassRichMiddleMissingPlanetsFingersCriticsSevenSpendingBillionsLocalsLuxuryPerceiveMiddle ClassMore MoneyConsumptionNormMansionsFrivolousOver The TopWags Author:Robert H. Frank
“Students will want to address the issues that they have a passion for, but I think that the challenge to this generation is the challenge of the climate crisis. Young people bring more enthusiasm, knowledge and sense of urgency on that issue. This is as planet they will inherit, they have a responsibility for it as well, and part of that responsibility is to urge people in power to make the right decisions about how we go forward.” PeopleThinkingWantWellsYoungPassionChallengesDecisionResponsibilityIssuesGenerationsStudentsPlanetsCrisisClimateEnthusiasmAddressesUrgesUrgencyThis GenerationRight DecisionSense Of UrgencyMake The Right Decision Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Vegans are the ONLY unique people on this planet who think outside of the box. They are the ONLY ones who reject society's norms, and live differently than the aforesaid groups and people.” PeopleThinkingGroupsPlanetsUniqueBoxesRejectsVeganNorm Author:Gary Yourofsky
“If you continue to transfer the wealth of the population of the planet to a very small amount of people, it becomes untenable at some point, a democracy, because people eventually will realize what's going on. You can only bulls - t people through kinds of media outlets for so long, and eventually you have to physically control them.” PeopleIfsKindLongRealizingWealthDemocracyMediaPlanetsAmountPopulationOutletsBullsTransfersSmall Amounts Author:Irvine Welsh
“Dr. Benjamin Carson is one of the finest, most accomplished human beings on this planet who has done more for people than most people in politics will ever do. And he's done it personally, not with other people's money.” PeopleHumansDoneHuman BeingsPlanetsAccomplishedDrsFinest Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What we do know is that the planet is going from 7 billion people today to 9 billion. More people want to live like us, drive American- size cars, live in an American-size home, and eat American-size Big Macs. What does that mean? It means that energy demand is going to be going up.” PeopleKnowsWantMeanDoeHomeBigsTodayEnergyCarPlanetsDemandSizeBillionsMacsBig Mac Author:Thomas Friedman
“My primary early interest was in marketing and my aim was to improve its theories, methods and tools. Early on I pressed companies to adopt a consumer orientation and to be in the value creation business. I didn't pay much attention to the social responsibilities of business until later. Now I am pressing companies to address the triple bottom line: people, the planet, and profits. I found that companies were too much into short term profit maximization and they needed to invest more in sustainability thinking.” PeopleThinkingValuesFoundSocialTermInterestLinesPayAttentionResponsibilityCompanyToo MuchCreationPlanetsTheoryNeededToolsAimMethodBottomMarketingProfitPrimariesConsumersAddressesSustainabilitySocial ResponsibilityBottom LineShort TermOrientationProfit Maximization Author:Philip Kotler
“I believe in the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profits. I would make sure to hire the best people and pay them more than my competitors. I would encourage their participation in decision making and hope that they can feel free to disagree with me.” PeopleFeelsBelieveI BelieveLinesDecisionPayPlanetsBottomProfitI Believe InDecision MakingDisagreeParticipationCompetitorsBottom Line Author:Philip Kotler
“There are 7 billion people on the planet. Pretty much everyone is doing sex. It's not like you need to order the "baby-starter kit" on Amazon. Instincts will come to you at the weirdest places and times.” PeopleNeedsOrderSexPlanetsLike YouBabyInstinctBillionsAmazonStartersPlace And Time Author:Ryan Reynolds
“People who do comedy really are the nastiest people on the planet.” PeopleComedyPlanets Author:Sandra Bullock
“I think most people do not imagine how things can change. In Detroit, there are community gardens that are only an indication that the country is coming back to the city. And that is something that actually is necessary to stop the real imminent danger of the extermination of our planet.” PeopleThinkingRealCountryCommunityCitiesImagineDangerPlanetsGardenComing BackOur PlanetIndicationDetroitExterminationCommunity Garden Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“I think that at some level, people recognize that growing our economy is destroying us. It's destroying us as human beings, it's destroying our planet.” PeopleThinkingHumansHuman BeingsLevelsEconomyGrowingPlanetsDestroyingOur Planet Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“The stuff I write about is pretty universal, the things my closest friends and I talk about - our anxiety about being here on this scary planet, during these scary times, as vulnerable as kittens, having lost so many people I couldn't live without.” PeopleWritingLostStuffPlanetsAnxietyUniversalScaryVulnerableClosestKittenClosest Friends Author:Anne Lamott
“I challenge Hillary Clinton; take away your Secret Service. Take it away now! Take away your Secret Service! Dismiss them! Have no security around you. Have no guns around you, Hillary. I dare you! I dare you! Obama, same thing. Drop your guns, Obama! Take your Secret Service away, Obama. Take it all away! Leave the White House unguarded, Obama. Let everybody know there's no guns on the White House grounds, Obama. You know what would happen in 30 seconds? Both of those people would no longer be on planet Earth.” PeopleKnowsHappensEarthHouseChallengesWhiteSecretSecurityPlanetsGunClintonDareWhite HouseSecondsPlanet EarthSecret Service Author:Matt Drudge
“I follow my own nose. So I read things that are different. People will always say to me, "Have you read Robert S. Bosco's latest novel?" or "Have you read so and so's history of Peru, which is reviewed in the New York Review of Books and the New York Times and has a buzz about it?" I don't even know what you're talking about. I'm like from another planet. I'm a pygmy from the jungle.” PeopleKnowsBookDifferentMy OwnTalkingNovelNew YorkPlanetsNosesReviewsJungleDifferent PeoplesNew York TimesBuzzPeru Author:Mark Helprin
“We are in this time of corporations being so greedy and global. Some people want to call it the apocalypse. When I was born it was half the people on the planet. It has doubled in my life time. This is not sustainable for the earth; of course we are going somewhere. So we have to live preciously, we have to live each day with care!” PeopleWantCareEarthCoursesBornHalfPlanetsCorporationsEach DayApocalypseGreedyLife TimeLive Each Day Author:David LaChapelle
“Obama administration didn't have one person who had ever worked in business. Not one Obama cabinet member had ever seriously had a job, run a company, met a payroll in the American economy. And, as such, no way of understanding how business is done, from negotiations to any other aspect of it. In fact, people in Obama's cabinet were arrogant and condescending and looking down on those people as a bunch of shysters and a bunch of cheats and people that kill their customers and they're destroying the planet.” PeopleWayPersonsDoneFactsRunningJobsUnderstandingCompanyEconomyPlanetsMetsMembersAspectCustomersBunchAdministrationDestroyingArrogantCheatNegotiationCabinetsLooking DownCondescendingPayrollAmerican Economy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think it's true about people now being closer to their parents, since the '60s, really. The parents are no longer from a different planet, the 1950s ideas of American family. We could be friends with our parents. After the '60s, it wasn't like a person smoking pot was what the parents would be appalled at.” PeopleThinkingPersonsIdeasDifferentWould BeParentPlanetsSmokingPotAmerican FamilySmoking Pot Author:Tama Janowitz
“People feel that building a rocket for Mars is an exciting project, but if you see the refugees around the world and the millions of homeless people, then for me it's insulting that people are fantasizing about leaving planet Earth and going wherever.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsEarthMillionsBuildingPlanetsProjectsExcitingLeavingAround The WorldMarsHomelessRefugeeRocketsInsultingPlanet EarthHomeless People Author:Pedro Reyes
“Just do exactly what it is that makes you want to do what you do. The stuff I listen to in my private collection, it's what moves me, makes me want to play. I want to make other people feel like I feel when I listen to that music. Whether other people like it or criticize it - even if there's only 10 people on the planet that love it, you're touching 10 people that way.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsPlayMovingStuffPlanetsCollectionsCriticizeTouching Author:Dustin Diamond
“I feel that one of the roles of the artist, in the way I define it, is that I need to be not just someone observing these tiny pockets of people on the planet who have devoted their lives to preserving whatever it is they're passionate about. I want to be them. I am one of them. I just have a different outlet and final outcome as an artist than many of them would. For them, the process can just end in holding on to it, just knowing they've got it tucked away in their private collection. I value that so much, but I feel the conversation dies in a way there.” PeopleWayWantNeedsFeelsDifferentEndsArtistValuesDiesProcessRolesKnowingPlanetsConversationFinalsPassionateTinyOutcomesCollectionsPocketsDevotedObservingOutletsHolding On Author:Dario Robleto
“Look at labor policy. What's the point of making everybody work too much? It's not very useful. It is destroying the planet, actually. But it's great at keeping people off the streets.” PeopleLooksToo MuchStreetsPolicyPlanetsLaborDestroying Author:David Graeber
“This will sound like I grew up on another planet, except for those people who are past 55, 60 maybe. When I was growing up, my mother and her generation basically felt that you should only work as a way of passing time until you got married and had at least two children. And the only careers that were open for women at the time was teacher or nurse - which are fantastic careers, I mean fantastic and I actually am a former math teacher.” PeopleWayShouldMeanChildrenTwoPastMotherFeltSoundCareersGrowing UpTeacherGrowingGenerationsPlanetsGrewMarriedGrew UpMathPassingPassingsFormerFantasticNurseMath Teacher Author:Sherry Lansing
“But the truth is that we could win every other fight that we face and if we lose the climate fight, the other victories will be pyrrhic. I don't think even people who are worried about climate change quite understand the scale and speed with which we're now shifting the planet.” PeopleIfsThinkingFacesFightingWinningLosesPlanetsVictoryTruth IsClimateClimate ChangeSpeedScalesWorriedShifting Author:Bill McKibben
“I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women!” PeopleThinkingHumansImportantCan DoRacePlanetsImportant ThingsHuman RaceEmpoweringOur PlanetEmpowering WomenSave Our Planet Author:Robert Ballard
“November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet.” PeopleWorldGivingDoneTogetherYoungPoliticalPlanetsMonthsPoliticianHip HopHipsHopsCelebrationNationalityNovemberPolitical Systems Author:Afrika Bambaataa
“My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important.” PeopleShouldPersonsImportantIndividualDifferencesMy OwnPlanetsDiversityConsumersProtectedPreferencePersonal Preferences Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.” PeopleFeelsLittlesI CanBigsAmericaStarsBehindsAttentionNicePlanetsBunchSpainFanaticsVery Nice Author:Antonio Banderas