Quotes by Future Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean. Dionysius Lardner futureoceanmoon Together we can prevent genocide from happening again. Together we can make a better future for our children. Dith Pran futureteamworkchildren The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer futureinspirationhope 'Sustainable Development' is an oxymoron. 'Development' in all it's senses entails expansion and wanting more. Continual expansion and wanting more are unsustainable. Globally we are approaching the point when the only sustainable way forward is to want less. Indeed, the choice element may be removed from us and we will just have to have less. In the meantime we still have some choices about how to influence our future Don Johnston way-forwardfuturechoices The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to listen to each other and learn from each other and to seek the truth rather than seek to be right Donella Meadows futuretechnologynature The future belongs to crowds. Don DeLillo crowdsfutureliterature Star Trek characters never go shopping. Douglas Coupland futurestarscharacter The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. The problem of when the drink is going to run out is, however, going to have to be faced one day. The planet over which they are floating is no longer the planet it was when they first started floating over it. It is in bad shape Douglas Adams futurepartyrunning One planet, one experiment. E. O. Wilson environmentalfuturevision Tomorrow is our permanent address. e. e. cummings addressesfuturetomorrow The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all. Dwight D. Eisenhower futurevisionworking-together What keeps things going, what sustains families, what makes work meaningful, what contributes to our wellbeing and what really connects us to Nature is cooperation Ed Mayo futurevisionmeaningful Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me, is the belief that we can spread the opportunity for everyone to be fully human. Sustainability, like music, is an impulse to make sense of the world around us. It is core to our humanity. If you only like one composer, or think all the best music has already been written, you have reason for pessimism. If not, it is within us to have good reason for hope Ed Mayo futureopportunitythinking One must have a high opinion of a work of art - not the work one is creating at the moment, but of that which one desires to achieve one day. Without this it is not worthwhile working. Edgar Degas futurecreatingart Eventually we must leave Earth-at least a certain number of our progeny must as our sun approaches the end of its solar life cycle. But just as terrestrial explorers have always led the way for settlers, this will also happen extraterrestrially. Earth is our cradle, not our final destiny. Edgar Mitchell futuredestinynumbers Is there a rarer being, Edmund Clarence Stedman yieldfuturestrong It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream. Edgar Allan Poe futuredreammean A great deal of what people say, think, or do is actually motivate by fear, which of course is always linked with having your focus on the future and being out of touch with the Now. As there are no problems in the Now, there is no fear either. Eckhart Tolle futurefearthinking If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you. Edward de Bono futuredesignifs Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be. Edward de Bono futurebusinessthinking«7891011121314151617»
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