--- title: "10 Destruction Environment Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Destruction Environment quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Destruction Environment sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/henry-w-kendall-51097_climate_the-destruction-of-our-environment-and-r_896585.png" --- > [The destruction of our environment and resources cannot be stemmed unless the growth of the world's population is stemmed and ultimately reduced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-w-kendall/the-destruction-of-our-environment-and-resources-cannot-be-stemmed/) [Henry W. Kendall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-w-kendall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/henry-w-kendall-51097_climate_the-destruction-of-our-environment-and-r_896585.png) > [Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/adopting-a-central-organizing-principle-means-embarking-on-an-all-out/) [Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-gore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/al-gore-609_adopting_adopting-a-central-organizing-principle_2392889.jpg) > [Destruction of the environment is not only rational; it's exactly what you're taught to do in college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/destruction-of-the-environment-is-not-only-rational-it-s-exactly-what/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/noam-chomsky-42_college_destruction-of-the-environment-is-not-on_1559308.jpg) > [Very urgent measures need to be taken, and without much delay, in dealing with the ongoing destruction of the environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/very-urgent-measures-need-to-be-taken-and-without-much-delay-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/noam-chomsky-42_climate_very-urgent-measures-need-to-be-taken-an_834570.jpg) > [If we allow the destruction of the environment, we can see the terrorists have utterly won, and are destroying the future of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/if-we-allow-the-destruction-of-the-environment-we-can-see-the/) [Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/jane-goodall-950_children_if-we-allow-the-destruction-of-the-envir_165382.jpg) > [Faced with the widespread destruction of the environment, people everywhere are coming to understand that we cannot continue to use the goods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/faced-with-the-widespread-destruction-of-the-environment-people/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/pope-john-paul-ii-485_awareness_faced-with-the-widespread-destruction-of_1733944.jpg) > [Watching 40 mile chunks of ice break off of Antarctica will change your life forever, but realizing that driving a car, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/watching-40-mile-chunks-of-ice-break-off-of-antarctica-will-change/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/dj-spooky-8230_antarctica_watching-40-mile-chunks-of-ice-break-off_2676542.jpg) > [The destruction of the environment, its improper or selfish use, and the violent hoarding of the Earth's resources cause grievances, conflicts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-destruction-of-the-environment-its-improper-or-selfish-use-and/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/pope-benedict-xvi-414_causes_the-destruction-of-the-environment-its-i_1048889.jpg) > [I don't see much of a future for this planet. I think it's a cursed planet. The boundaries we've drawn between nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/i-don-t-see-much-of-a-future-for-this-planet-i-think-it-s-a-cursed/) [George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/george-carlin-155_boundaries_i-don-t-see-much-of-a-future-for-this-pl_149799.jpg) > [... these are the two factors that lead to the destruction of our environment: money and time-or to say it another way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-schaeffer/these-are-the-two-factors-that-lead-to-the-destruction-of-our/) [Francis Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-schaeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77c/francis-schaeffer-2607_another-way_these-are-the-two-factors-that-lead-to-t_1715697.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destruction-environment/#itemlist", "name": "Destruction Environment Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The destruction of our environment and resources cannot be stemmed unless the growth of the world's population is stemmed and ultimately reduced.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry W. 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I think it's a cursed planet. The boundaries we've drawn between nations and the profit motive - those two factors have, in my opinion, brought us to the point where almost nothing can stop the utter destruction of the environment and all our earthly life-support systems.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Carlin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/i-don-t-see-much-of-a-future-for-this-planet-i-think-it-s-a-cursed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/george-carlin-155_boundaries_i-don-t-see-much-of-a-future-for-this-pl_149799.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/george-carlin-155_boundaries_i-don-t-see-much-of-a-future-for-this-pl_149799.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/george-carlin-155_boundaries_i-don-t-see-much-of-a-future-for-this-pl_149799.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't see much of a future for this planet. I think it's a cursed planet. 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