#supply

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#desires #feet #like #off #our

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#adequate #civilization #could #evolved #food supply

I was a hunter and fisherman, and many a time I have slipped out into the woods and prairies at 4 a.m. and brought home plenty of game, or have gone in a canoe to the cove and brought back a good supply of fresh fish. ↗

— Jay Cooke

#brought #canoe #fish #fisherman #fresh

I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots. ↗

— Wendy Cope

#better #good #happy #happy life #i

A variety of factors contribute to the price of gasoline in the United States. These factors include worldwide supply, demand and competition for crude oil, taxes, regional differences in access to gasoline supplies and environmental regulations. ↗

— Gary Miller

#competition #contribute #crude #crude oil #demand

Shale gas has provided the United States the opportunity to have 100 years of supply that is domestically produced. If we are going to develop natural gas from shale, it has to be done in a safe and responsible manner. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#develop #domestically #done #gas #going

But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#against #buffer #chain #energy #energy security

I saw 'Food, Inc.' last night - it was like a horror movie. I'm definitely thinking about my food supply now and how I want to grow my own. ↗

— Lauren Ambrose

#definitely #food #food supply #grow #horror

The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#economically #female #food #food supply #genus

There's always some promoter having an '80s night, saying, We'll supply the band. All you can drink. ↗

— Nik Kershaw

#band #drink #having #night #promoter