Top 12 Quotes by E. F. Schumacher

About E. F. Schumacher

These are some quotes by English author E. F. Schumacher Economist, who lived between August 16, 1911 and September 4, 1977.

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.

E. F. Schumacher

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

E. F. Schumacher

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

E. F. Schumacher

Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.

Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.

E. F. Schumacher

Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer.

E. F. Schumacher

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

E. F. Schumacher

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.

E. F. Schumacher

It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.

It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.

E. F. Schumacher

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.

E. F. Schumacher

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

E. F. Schumacher

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