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" Rumors of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. I have never been interested in money. "

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" We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth. "

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" I have a cow's valve in my heart. "

" In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost. "

" My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people. "

" We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance. "

" My son is the main shareholder of my company, and I help him explore some of those opportunities that are related to things I know about, such as energy and the environment. But I'm active because I can't think of anything else to do in my so-called retirement. "

" I was with Ted Turner when he came to see Kofi Annan - the Secretary-General of the UN - to announce his decision to put $1 billion to the service of UN projects and programs. "

" So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up. "

" I've got used to criticisms and, naturally, I try to make sure I don't listen to the more extreme ones because most of the people who have taken their right-wing extremist view of my life are people that I've never met. "

" I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following. "

" 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. "

" I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations. "

" We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse. "

" Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement. "

" We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have the inertia of past habits, unsustainable habits. "

" 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. "

" What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now. "

" One of the things that I've always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways. "

" I am retired from all my official roles, but I am still very active. I have close relationships at the U.N. I don't have any role at the U.N, but I'm still quite cooperative with a number of U.N. activities, in particular to China and that region. "

" Anyone who is seriously interested in me would usually do a little more homework and realise that the extreme criticisms are almost exclusively ideologically based. "

" A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns. "

" The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development. "

" Most of my supporters are people who actually know me. I just continue to do the best I can and I don't bother to try and respond to every little bit because the best response is just to keep on doing what you think is right. "

" I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn. "

" Well they do have a use, but we should never believe that any international conference is going to suddenly solve problems like the condition of the global environment. "

" After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital. "

" I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional large gatherings to get the attention of the larger world. "

" The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we will need global co-operation on. "

" I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible. "

" The tendency is to keep doing things the way you have done them. "