“People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it.”

“The reason producers make stupid movies is because there are stupid people who will pay to see them.”

“He had a confused sense that she must have cost a great deal to make, that a great many dull and ugly people must, in some mysterious way, have been sacrificed to produce her.”

“Globalized industrialized food is not cheap: it is too costly for the Earth, for the farmers, for our health. The Earth can no longer carry the burden of groundwater mining, pesticide pollution, disappearance of species and destabilization of the climate. Farmers can no longer carry the burden of debt, which is inevitable in industrial farming with its high costs of production. It is incapable of producing safe, culturally appropriate, tasty, quality food. And it is incapable of producing enough food for all because it is wasteful of land, water and energy. Industrial agriculture uses ten times more energy than it produces. It is thus ten times less efficient.”

“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability.”

“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.”