Nature's standard operating procedure, pairing a population explosion with a population crash.

- Alfred W. Crosby

What could be more general than 2, which can represent two galaxies or two pickles, or one galaxy plus one pickle (the mind doth boggle), or just 2 g…

- Alfred W. Crosby

We of the richer societies, who have had access to more energy than we have the experience to wield intelligently are making decisions we are not qua…

- Alfred W. Crosby

I don't know how not to get the flu.

- Alfred W. Crosby

Modern civilization is a product of an energy binge. Binges often end in hangovers.

- Alfred W. Crosby