Environment Quotes · Page 97

I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.

— Molly Ivins

Not explicitly, no. Compared to this enormous, relentless evolutionary activity in the built environment, writing is small potatoes.

— Teju Cole

Political and legal institutions play a central role in setting the environment that can nurture prosperity and economic growth.

— Angus Deaton

Climate change isn't just an environmental issue; it's a technology, water, food, energy, population issue. None of this happens in a vacuum.

— David Titley

'Farscape' is a story about family. It's a story about creating life in a harsh environment. That's what a lot of people…

— Ben Browder

I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is found.

— John Muir

Great design is a multi-layered relationship between human life and its environment.

— Naoto Fukasawa

Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.

— Steve Earle

The spirit of a country, if it is to be true to itself, needs continually to draw great breaths of inspiration from…

— George Stapledon

Energy efficiency should be on the priority list for all home improvement work these days. Canny builders will be able to provide…

— Sarah Beeny

I think the environment has become more competitive. That has made Indian industry more concerned with a) its customers, b) the quality…

— Ratan Tata

“Look at all that rubbish," she said, watching the electric van slowly whirr from bin to bin, little men in gloves removing…

— Jeanette Winterson

“Is it wrong of me to propose a ceasefire agreement between humans and whales and dolphins, I know it is in actuality…

— Steve Merrick

“One of the maxims of the new field of conservation biological control is that to control insect herbivores, you must maintain populations…

— Douglas Tallamy

I have a broad view that we have to try and get to "yes" on projects. On economic projects anybody can say…

— Christy Clark

Building infrastructure for the future is not just about updating what already exists, but also about planning for a future with climate…

— Laphonza Butler

“A planet might deteriorate even if human beings existed upon it, if the society were itself abnormal and did not understand the…

— Isaac Asimov

Making music has been connected to one of my greatest heartaches, because my own music has never quite connected with audiences. But…

— Vivek Shraya

Sustainability requires that we demand enduring quality. Steve Strong has a slide presentation pointing out that much of Oxford was built 800…

— Denis Hayes

Change masters are - literally - the right people in the right place at the right time. The right people are the…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

The ability of the humans to not only function in space but be very functional when they arrive at their destination, those…

— Kevin A. Ford

Nobody is so constituted as to be able to live everywhere and anywhere; and he who has great duties to perform, which…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I've always known that I've wanted to write, but I always saw myself doing that in the context of something other than…

— Sarah Polley

I joined the Safe Climate Caucus because I believe in leaving a safer planet for future generations.

— Mark Pocan

Climate change is probably the greatest long-term challenge facing the human race

— Tony Blair

The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

— Anonymous

Climate change has been going on as long as the planet is here, and there will always be a little bit of…

— Rupert Murdoch

Climate change is hugely threatening to our way of life, in the U.K., Europe and the world.

— Ed Davey

Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change.

— Sam Simon

I knew from a very, very early age that I was gay, although in the social environment in Venezuela, you don't ever…

— Arca

Man not only survives and functions in his environment, he shapes it and he is shaped by it.

— Rene Dubos

I'm a proponent of single-payer health-care, public education, protecting the environment - all the things Democrats rally around.

— Cynthia Dill

Infected by political ideology, if you dare question climate models, your career is done.

— Greg Gutfeld

It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and…

— William Penn

Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all.

— Paul Hawken

Policies that engage us again in the international fight for real climate protection.

— Bill McKibben

Ecology and spirituality are fundamentally connected, because deep ecological awareness, ultimately, is spiritual awareness.

— Fritjof Capra

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so

— Anonymous

What we call 'economic growth' is in fact a growth in waste and a decline in the health of natural habitat

— Satish Kumar