"The environment has to be balanced against the economy." This quote portrays environmental concerns as a luxury, views measures to solve environmental problems as incurring a net cost, and considers leaving environmental problems unsolved to be a money-saving device. This one-liner puts the truth exactly backwards. Environmental messes cost us huge sums of money both in the short run and in the long run; cleaning up or preventing those messes saves us huge sums in the long run, and often in the short run as well. In caring for the health of our surroundings, just as of our bodies, it is cheaper and preferable to avoid getting sick than to try to cure illnesses after they have developed. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else. East Of Eden

It has become customary to say that a man needs only six feet of land. But a corpse needs six feet, not a person. Seagull

Conflict is not only normal, then; it’s absolutely necessary for the maintenance of a healthy relationship. The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck