Environment Quotes · Page 56

Creativity does not depend on inherited talent or on environment or upbringing; it is the function of the ego of every human…

— Silvano Arieti

I did not grow up in a cosmopolitan environment. I grew up in a little town in the middle of nowhere, pre-Internet,…

— Trent Reznor

If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed.

— Paul Polman

Dangerous climate change... It's important not to be alarmist but it is very important to be alarmed

— David Miliband

It's also the environment that determines a considerable part of the growth and development of children.

— Edward Zigler

A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward; to reset oneself by an inner compass.

— May Sarton

We must empower educators to provide the best learning environment possible for students.

— Jamaal Bowman

“Everyone has the power to make a difference, to themselves and others, and to our world.”

— Yasmin Davar

I'm really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there's sound and visuals. When I…

— Black Francis

If you took a blue spruce tree and planted it in the desert, it would obviously perish. How do we forget that…

— Dawna Markova

We do have to think seriously about conservation now, although it is chilling to realize there are catch-and-release fishermen alive today who…

— John Gierach

I've long believed the environmental issue is an economic issue and a political issue. The three are entwined. You can't build prosperity…

— Henry Paulson

Habit is a compromise effected between the individual and his environment, or between the individual and his own organic eccentricities, the guarantee…

— Samuel Beckett

Taking the time to write in our lives gives us the time of our lives. As we describe our environments, we begin…

— Julia Cameron

In the past, action to combat climate change was viewed largely as running counter to economic growth, with 'going green' implying a…

— Guy Ryder

The most important question we have to deal with is a combination of population control and the control of our environment -…

— David Packard

The [peppered-moth] experiments show the effects of predation on the survival of the dark and of the normal forms of the Peppered…

— L. Harrison Matthews

The new female is competent in all that she chooses. She chooses whatever her heart tells her. She can create a business,…

— Gary Zukav

Because there are so many factors when considering the potential impacts of GMOs on our health and environment, we wanted to make…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

The "environmental movement" is becoming an economic movement, is joining the social justice movement, is becoming a sustainability movement. It's leaving behind…

— Edward Norton

I think that when you go on a shamanic journey, you're allowing yourself to have much more access to your unconscious or…

— Amy Hardie

Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise.…

— Mary Hunter Austin

This week my son thinks he's the Supremes.All of them. So we can scratch "straight"off the list. At least I hope we…

— Steve Kluger

“Short-termism also dominates in the marketplace. The market uses a discount rate of 10% per year (or more) when comparing costs now…

— Jørgen Randers

Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.

— Matt Taibbi

Anything we can do to educate the younger generation about conservation of energy is great.

— Wayne Messam

“The more alien that you make your environment, the more likely it is that you will be sick.”

— Steven Magee

If you're allowing the political environment to infect your relationships, it's time to bury the hatchets.

— Eric Weinstein

Animals love and suffer, cry and laugh; their hearts rise up in anticipation and fall in despair...they feel.

— Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.

— Kathryn Bigelow

I went through about six or seven painting methods just to see what I didn't want to do. And then I got…

— Agnes Denes

'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.

— Kate McKinnon

The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment.…

— Hayley Atwell

“The collective consciousness of mankind defines the existence and sustainability of this civilization.”

— Toba Beta

“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.”

— Kenneth Boulding

I'm fascinated by how ethnic communities have assimilated into massive capitalist environments.

— Anton Yelchin

Man is not like other animals in the ways that are really significant: Animals have instincts, we have taxes.

— Erving Goffman

You have to hold yourself accountable for your actions, and that's how we're going to protect the Earth.

— Julia Hill

Every student has something to offer, and every student deserves a nurturing learning environment.

— Ilhan Omar

I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

— Carlos Ghosn