Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

  • -- Norman Ernest Borlaug 诺曼·欧内斯特·博洛格

如果没有足够的食物供应,我们今天所知道的文明就不可能进化,也不可能生存。

相关名言

The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.

那些生存时间最长的公司是那些不仅能给世界带来增长或金钱,还能给世界带来卓越、尊重他人或让人们快乐的能力的公司。有些人称之为灵魂。

There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.

只有一个乐观主义者。自从人类来到这个世界上,他就一直在这里,那就是人类自己。如果我们没有如此乐观的心态来度过这一切,我们就不会在这里。我们靠乐观度过了难关。

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

然而,几乎可以肯定,社会正义的第一个基本组成部分是为全人类提供足够的粮食。

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.

只要你嘴里有食物,你就暂时解决了所有的问题。

Eating when you're not hungry and taking in that amount of food is exhausting.

当你不饿的时候吃东西,摄入那么多的食物会让你筋疲力尽。

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

没有什么比微薄但足够的收入更令人沮丧的了。