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Doubling Quotes

What can keep growing, and what can't.

These doubling quotes weigh growth that seems unstoppable, from human knowledge doubling roughly every decade to unchecked population doubling every 25 years in a geometrical Money-driven pattern.

You cannot increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. We improve the performance of farms by irrigating them and fertilizing them to provide all these nutrients. But we cannot keep on doubling the yield every two years. Moore's law doesn't apply to...

Quotes by Vaclav Smil

Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.

Quotes by Thomas Malthus

Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not spend more than we bring in.

Quotes by Ron Estes

In a world where wealth is growing, you can get away with printing money. Doubling the debt over the next 20 years is not a problem.

Quotes by Peter Thiel

Down Quotes

We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past.

Quotes by Paul Ryan

In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.

Quotes by Nathaniel Branden

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Creating sustainable jobs means doubling down on Baltimore's formidable strengths.

Quotes by Larry Hogan

The bottom-line message of history is that if you're doubling and tripling your money in record time, you're also more likely to lose it all.

Quotes by Kurt Eichenwald

Every Quotes

Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.

Quotes by Julia Margaret Cameron

I’m trying my best to keep things exactly the same. Spotify hasn’t changed my process other than doubling up. We do twice a week now.

Quotes by Joe Budden

I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush.

Quotes by Jerry Falwell

After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army shirts, accessorised by a cat's basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga.

Quotes by Jenny Eclair

No level of border security, no wall, doubling the size of the border patrol, all these things will not stop the illegal migration from countries as long as a 7-year-old is desperate enough to flee on her own and travel...

Quotes by Jeh Johnson

Me Quotes

I went to art school... but I worked at the Museum of Modern Art. I worked in fundraising at the information membership desk. I ended up, over a period of time, doubling the amount of membership revenue that came in...

Quotes by Jeff Koons

Biological knowledge is doubling every five years.

Quotes by Janine Benyus

I graduated from high school at 165 pounds, so twice a year, I get back to that number - I never let it get to 172-73. Then I go back to doubling the cardio. This week, I'm on a complete...

Quotes by Don Felder

I try to do things in one take, but doubling rhythm parts is always difficult, especially if you want things to cut the way I want them to cut.

Quotes by Dimebag Darrell

I always go for that live, honest feel when I'm going for that first rhythm track. I'll never hold back on a part just so it'll be easier for me to double it later on - to my ears, it...

Quotes by Dimebag Darrell

Money Quotes

The economic recession in America wasn't caused by bad luck; it was caused by bad Republican policies. But the Republican candidates are doubling down on the same flawed policies that led to the loss of 3.6 million jobs in the...

Quotes by Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Doubling quotes page cover?
This page gathers quotes about things that double over time, from population and knowledge to farm yields and cyclical growth. Each quote weighs whether that kind of rapid increase is sustainable.
Why do people search for quotes about doubling growth?
People search for doubling quotes when discussing rapid change, whether in economics, population, or knowledge, and whether that pace can realistically continue. These quotes offer both examples and warnings.
Is there a quote about human knowledge doubling?
Yes, one quote notes that the total of human knowledge was doubling roughly every ten years, arguing that security depends on the ability to keep learning at that pace.
Do any quotes question limits on doubling in farming?
One quote points out that the efficiency of photosynthesis can't simply be increased forever, even as farms are pushed to keep doubling yields through irrigation and fertilizer. See Every quotes for more on repeated or ongoing patterns.
What do these quotes say about population doubling?
One quote warns that population, left unchecked, keeps doubling roughly every 25 years, increasing in a geometrical rather than steady pattern. It treats unchecked doubling as a concern rather than simply a fact.

One quote pushes back on farming, noting that photosynthesis efficiency can't simply keep doubling no matter how much irrigation or fertilizer is added. For more on cycles that repeat, see Every quotes as well.