Quotes about "sustainable"

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Definitions and meanings of word "sustainable"

• Adj: capable of being sustained

Featured authors with quotes containing word "sustainable"

Maurice Strong
5 quotes about sustainable
Canadian Businessman
Monday 29 April 1929 - Friday 27 November 2015
Gro Harlem Brundtland
3 quotes about sustainable
Norwegian Leader, Politician, Diplomat
Born Thursday 20 April 1939
Anna Lindh
2 quotes about sustainable
Swedish Politician
Wednesday 19 June 1957 - Thursday 11 September 2003
Kofi Annan
2 quotes about sustainable
Ghanaian Statesman, Diplomat
Friday 8 April 1938 - Saturday 18 August 2018
John W. Snow
2 quotes about sustainable
American Economist
Born Wednesday 2 August 1939
Bill Gates
one quote about sustainable
American Businessman
Born Friday 28 October 1955
Lucas Papademos
one quote about sustainable
Greek Politician, Economist
Born Saturday 11 October 1947
Wangari Maathai
one quote about sustainable
Kenyan Activist
Monday 1 April 1940 - Sunday 25 September 2011
Erskine Bowles
one quote about sustainable
American Businessman
Born Wednesday 8 August 1945
Gavin Newsom
one quote about sustainable
American Politician
Born Tuesday 10 October 1967
Omar Bongo
one quote about sustainable
Gabonese Statesman, Politician
Monday 30 December 1935 - Monday 8 June 2009
Marek Belka
one quote about sustainable
Polish Economist, Director
Born Wednesday 9 January 1952

That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable development.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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The realization of a sustainable economic development strategy for Maine's Native American communities has always been a priority and a critical element of my administration's overall economic development strategy.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Our membership of the euro is a guarantee of monetary stability and creates the right conditions for sustainable growth. Our membership of the euro is the only choice.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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It's not about the pace, it's about the direction we've set. The pace is of course a function of many factors, including the magnitude of the supply shock. But what's probably more important is the probability of the supply shock translating into sustainable embedded inflation.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are like a cancer, and over time they will destroy the country from within.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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If a product is more expensive than another one, and more sustainable in ecology, consumers will not buy it.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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I think all of us who have been in Afghanistan on the ground multiple times know that what we're doing there on the ground is just not sustainable.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

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