William Bradford Quotes

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

Both camels are dead and our provisions are done.

If Victual should prove scarce, as we have not Goods or Money for any Value to send out for Corns [food grains like wheat]; so only a part of the People could be maintained: The better part would have Bread, but the more necessary part, the Laboring Men would be forced to leave the Country, or to starve in it.

The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.

Global food insecurity is increasing...the slim excess of growth in food production over population is narrowing.

For the first time in the history of the world, this year, more people will die from the effects of too much food than from starvation.

With China’s 1.4 billion increasingly affluent consumers starting to compete with U. S. consumers for the U. S. grain harvest, cheap food seen by many as an American birthright, may be coming to an end.

The pressure of time, is the overwhelming challenge for policymakers who must act on assessments that cannot be proved at the time and whose mistakes are irretrievable.

I feel the ticking clock. And at times, I've said if I don't dance, I'd rather die.

The Malthusian Theory - that mankind, for biological and sociological reasons, is so fertile, so fecund, that if you started out with the new continent and plenty of land for everybody, in several generations we would multiply our numbers.

6,000 people were killed, crippled, and wounded during the War of Independence. The economy was devastated - there was no milk, just milk powder. No eggs, but egg powder. Meat was only once a week.

I have a short time to play this game. I'm trying to get every ounce of it out of my body.

I'm terrified about the world food shortages. Vegetables could quite easily become tomorrow's currency.

The thing about live TV is that it simply has to be done, there's no space for procrastination.

Got so much to say, such little time.

The challenge lies in the fact that the planet has limited time. Be it climate change or nuclear fallout, there is very little time. You have to pick your cause.

I like the feeling when you don't have much time and you have to think fast.

It sounds like an extremist thing to say, but what do people think is going to happen to human beings when there's not enough food?

In any race between human numbers and natural resources, time is against us.

Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live.

Substantiate or suffocate, Ms. Vetra. Mickey's ticking.

The transformation of capitalism is unstoppable because we need limits on resources for humans to survive.

The stop-watch of history is running. The race is on . . .

We are 6.6 billion people now. We can only feed 4 billion. I don't see 2 billion volunteers to disappear.

I know what I want to get down and I haven't got much time to do it in.