Population Quotes

[But other officials describe the conditions frankly. Bodies have bloated, and heat, water and insects hasten their decomposition. A living person has an immune system with which to kill bacteria, but a deceased body has no protection. The bacteria population explodes. Some of the bodies are so badly decomposed they don't have fingerprints. Others are damaged or torn apart.] It's not at all pretty... They're finding pieces. If you find an arm, do you call it a body? It's pretty grisly. - James Johnson

[Bush meat] is demanded by the urban population and as the people in the forests have no option, they are chopping down trees to make charcoal and trapping animals for bush meat. - Claudine Andre

[As CMC sees it, it's our last chance to protect the last real wild ocean place in the continental United States.] It's very clear that unless we protect this reef ecosystem, while it is still nearly pristine, the population increase that Florida is experiencing, the water pollution and the pressure on the fisheries will probably doom this rain forest of the sea, ... We will probably not get another chance. - David Holtz

(We wanted) to adapt to the different needs of the student population. A lot of students have English as a second language. - Tim Turner

(The Macedonian government) are now in a position of strength and this is the time to take a political step towards the legitimate aspirations of the Albanian population. - Robin Cook

(The banks) are always all trying to increase loans; they have to make higher goals. We are always out there trying to get banks to do more loans and reach new populations. - Tom Mueller

(Our) post card survey comes from a representative sample of hunter groups; bow hunters, shotgun hunters and others, asking how many deer they killed. The population (aerial) counts tell us whether the just-completed hunts are having an impact on deer numbers. I can put together a simulation to show how many deer are out there. - Willy Suchy

(It was) the fact that he had to keep secrets -- and I became a secret-keeper... You can't really marginalize or ghettoize a whole sector of the population, because it forces people into a life of shame. That, of course, trickles down. - Libba Bray

(Co-sponsoring) gives access to different populations and has created a bridge between ideas and cultures that might not have been there before. - Lillian Casillas