Henry W. Kendall quotes

“Many people and governments share the mistaken belief that science, with new, ingenious devices and techniques, can rescue us from the troubles we face without our having to mend our ways and change our patterns of activity. This is not so.”
-- Henry W. Kendall

Source : Henry W. Kendall (2013). “A Distant Light: Scientists and Public Policy”, p.233, Springer

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“If we do not voluntarily bring population growth under control in the next one or two decades, the nature will do it for us in the most brutal way, whether we like it or not.”
-- Henry W. Kendall

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“We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.”
-- Henry W. Kendall

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“We must . . . guarantee women control over their own reproductive decisions.”
-- Henry W. Kendall

Source : Henry W. Kendall (2013). “A Distant Light: Scientists and Public Policy”, p.201, Springer

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“The destruction of our environment and resources cannot be stemmed unless the growth of the world's population is stemmed and ultimately reduced.”
-- Henry W. Kendall

Source : Henry W. Kendall (2013). “A Distant Light: Scientists and Public Policy”, p.232, Springer

#Growth Quotes #Population Quotes #World Quotes

“Education of both men and women is a wonderful contraceptive.”
-- Henry W. Kendall

Source : Henry W. Kendall (2013). “A Distant Light: Scientists and Public Policy”, p.233, Springer

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“Governments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction.”
-- Henry W. Kendall

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“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.”

Source : 1931 'Too Much!'.

“I agree that ***** laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of ***** -- if it's prescribed by a physician. I cannot understand why the federal government should interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, nor why it would ignore the will of a majority of voters who have legally approved such legislation.”

“It was, however, resolved that 'we use our private influence at present to prevent our brethren from going into court and promising to obey the law; and as soon as possible we take steps to get some flavors from the government for those who already have more wives than one.'”

“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”

“My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.”

“The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.”

“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”

“All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry.”

“No one ever taught me, and I never had formal classes in pattern making, so I was like, Okay, I'll just drape, and I'll sew as I pin it.”

Source : "Alexander Wang: Fashion's Boy Wonder" by Anamaria Wilson, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 11, 2011.

“You get into the habit of being angry and hurt by life, and then when something good happens you can't accept it because it doesn't fit the pattern.”

Source : Alison Lurie (2012). “The War Between the Tates: A Novel”, p.484, Open Road Media