Donella Meadows Quotes
The world is a complex, interconnected, finite, ecological–social–psychological–economic system. We treat it as if it were not, as if it were divisible, separable, simple, and infinite. Our persistent, intractable global problems arise directly from this mismatch.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
-
I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.
-
My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
-
My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.
-
For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
-
The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
-
I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
-
You've got a great chance in college to do all sorts of terrible irresponsible things, and you should totally do them. I mean, make huge mistakes. This is the time in your life if you screw up, it's okay because you can bounce back from it.
-
After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
-
In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
-
By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
-
I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
-
We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
-
During the second half of the twentieth century, I had the privilege of living through years of intensive erudition, and I realized that Canadians, located in the northernmost region of this hemisphere, were always respectful towards our country.
-
I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
-
'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
-
Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
-
Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
-
Even newlyweds don't spend much time together, now that few marriages outlast the appliance warranties.
-
In every part of the world, where corruption, bribery, delusion and injustice are practiced, those who practice it are guilty, Noah, but so are the `innocents.
-
Growing up with three boys in a heavily male-dominated world, I especially needed to express myself as a woman.
-
The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they become blessings to society, as a life threatening disease is to an individual, by teaching us about the meaning of our life and existence?
-
That's the magic of moviemaking. You clearly identify one scenario with the other, and it's a completely different experience.
-
The world is a complex, interconnected, finite, ecological–social–psychological–economic system. We treat it as if it were not, as if it were divisible, separable, simple, and infinite. Our persistent, intractable global problems arise directly from this mismatch.
