Human Priority Quotes

The state exists for man, not man for the state. The same may be said of science. These are old phrases, coined by people who saw in human individuality the highest human value. I would hesitate to repeat them, were it not for the ever recurring danger that they may be forgotten, especially in these days of organization and stereotypes.

Our philosophy is that we care about people first.

Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

First we build people, then we build cars.

People first. Technology second.

Religion is for man and not man for religion

Thousands of people die every year of cold, so if we had global warming it would save lives ... We ought to look out for people. The earth can take care of itself.

... if the production of any commodity necessitates the sacrifice of human life, society should do without that commodity, but itcan not do without that life.

Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.

A feeling I got from working at Google was that technology could solve any problem. Yes, it's fantastic, but what I realized later was there's technology, and there's people. Google had its list ordered: Technology. People. And I think the right order is: People. Technology.

There is no doubt that many expensive national projects may add to our prestige or serve science. But none of them must take precedence over human needs. As long as Congress does not revise its priorities, our crisis is not just material, it is a crisis of the spirit.

I have a really deep belief that we create technologies to empower ourselves. We've invented a lot of technology that just makes us all faster and better, and I'm generally a big fan of this. I just want to make sure that this technology stays subservient to people. People are the number one entity there is on this planet.

By its existence, the Peace Movement denies that governments know best; it stands for a different order of priorities: the human race comes first.

Money at the service of life can be managed in the right way by cooperatives, on condition that it is a real cooperative where capital does not have command over men but men over capital.

I personally will never forget that people are more important than buildings.

I think there's too much emphasis on making sure our corporations are OK versus making sure our people are OK.

All it takes is an understanding that humans, not buildings come first when designing a city.

We need to start prioritizing people, not polar bears.

My notion's to think of the human beings first and let the abstract ideas take care of themselves.