Quotes on the topic: Resources


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You must get engaged with people who are far less privileged than you. I think you must devote your time if not your resources... Because it is very, very important from the point of view of the development of our country.


Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources. That definition may be the 'what,' but it certainly is not the 'why.'


It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.


The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.


Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property.


When you have a book as material as it is, it's a lot easier to create a character because you have so many resources to draw upon when acting.


I'm not an environmentalist. I'm a cultural repairman. It's all about efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, prosperous and life-sustaining.


It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous purposes.


There must be an opportunity that matches with our strategy. Just because we have a gap, we don't want to go and acquire anything and everything. What we acquire should fit in with our strategy, human resources and market expectations.


That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time and resources was spent on fighting about the same helicopters and local guides.


Everybody can't have the life of a normal, average American person in India - they can't. So, it's about egalitarianism. It's about sharing things more equally. It's about access to natural resources.


What you get when you put all your resources behind a product, is you get everyone to join in.


At first, teaching was more or less a straightforward way of making a living and having access to institutional resources while writing - aka libraries. And that was not inconsiderable. But it didn't in any way touch the writing. Maybe it would push the writing aside sometimes, but mostly it was fine.


Science is telling us that we can do phenomenal things if we put our minds and our resources to it.


I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.


If you can't access it, all the resources in the universe won't do you any good.


If we don't preserve the natural resources, you aren't going to have a sustainable society. This is not something for Chez Panisse and the elite of San Francisco. It's for everyone.


The planet's resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.


Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt, but we need the science base; we need the correct science base.


I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.