In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the worlds goods must steadily decrease. – Garrett Hardin
Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum. – Garrett Hardin
Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution. – Garrett Hardin
The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep rationalists from getting flabby. Let us be duly thankful for out blessings. – Garrett Hardin
Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of knowledge, if not elaborated by our own thoughts, is worth much less than a far smaller volume that has been abundantly and repeatedly thought over. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Im not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and Id better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true. – Sam Raimi