#ono

The re-establishment of an ecological balance depends on the ability of society to counteract the progressive materialization of values. The ecological balance cannot be re-established unless we recognize again that only persons have ends and only persons can work towards them. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#economy #environment #humanity #society #economy

The economy is after all driven by people. No matter how dire the situation may be, as long as people are firm, a turnaround, revival and progress can be possible. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#economy

Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#thrift #waste #economy

People love their animals so much so that they put little clothes on them and necklaces and booties and things like that. And if you love your animal, then you should feed them something that's not dangerous for them. There's a lot of poisonous stuff that they're putting in a lot of that food, those by-products. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#clothes #dangerous #feed #food #like

I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#i #newsweek #read #time

California is going to take themselves off the cliff culturally and economically, fiscally. They are going to be at the trough in Washington wanting a bailout. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#california #cliff #culturally #economically #fiscally

The Democrats have essentially decided to move more toward central power, control of just about every aspect of our culture and economy. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#aspect #central #control #culture #decided

Well, I'm not trying to get rid of the unions, but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today's economy. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#antiquated #appear #concept #economy #get

Right now, the economy is a whole lot like a fairly good-looking brain-dead chick in a persistent vegetative coma. You can't really wake her up, but there's things she's still good for. ↗

— Cintra Wilson

#politics #satire #economy

The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon. ↗

— Howard Dean

#balcony #bush #compassionate #donors #efforts