--- title: "18 Ecologist Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 18 Ecologist quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Ecologist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/aldo-leopold-1278_world_an-ecologist-lives-in-a-world-of-wounds_1029323.png" --- > [An Ecologist lives in a world of wounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldo-leopold/an-ecologist-lives-in-a-world-of-wounds/) [Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldo-leopold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/aldo-leopold-1278_world_an-ecologist-lives-in-a-world-of-wounds_1029323.png) > [I became an ecologist long before I had ever heard the word,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chico-mendes/i-became-an-ecologist-long-before-i-had-ever-heard-the-word/) [Chico Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chico-mendes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/chico-mendes-74463_heard_i-became-an-ecologist-long-before-i-had_1250700.jpg) > [“Where there is a smoke, there is an ecologist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ljupka-cvetanova/where-there-is-a-smoke-there-is-an-ecologist/) [Ljupka Cvetanova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ljupka-cvetanova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/ljupka-cvetanova-3477_aphorism_where-there-is-a-smoke-there-is-an-ecolo_3214774.jpg) > [The rise of the ecologist almost exactly parallels the decline of the naturalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-sears/the-rise-of-the-ecologist-almost-exactly-parallels-the-decline-of-the/) [Paul Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-sears/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/paul-sears-74292_decline_the-rise-of-the-ecologist-almost-exactly_1574286.jpg) > [A marine ecologist is a scientist who studies the many species that live underwater and how they interact with each other and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enric-sala/a-marine-ecologist-is-a-scientist-who-studies-the-many-species-that/) [Enric Sala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enric-sala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/401/enric-sala-33009_each_a-marine-ecologist-is-a-scientist-who-st_459378.png) > [“The sea teaches the lesson every ecologist urges us to understand about the natural world: that it cares nothing for us, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-marsden/the-sea-teaches-the-lesson-every-ecologist-urges-us-to-understand/) [Philip Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-marsden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/philip-marsden-67171_natural-world_the-sea-teaches-the-lesson-every-ecologi_2065863.jpg) > [The ecologist has a much more comprehensive and holistic view of the world. We're looking at the natural environment as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-yeang/the-ecologist-has-a-much-more-comprehensive-and-holistic-view-of-the/) [Ken Yeang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-yeang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/ken-yeang-40210_built_the-ecologist-has-a-much-more-comprehens_730200.jpg) > [If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zac-goldsmith/if-there-was-a-time-when-the-ecologist-appeared-not-to-be-making-a/) [Zac Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zac-goldsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/zac-goldsmith-15438_appeared_if-there-was-a-time-when-the-ecologist-a_1003250.jpg) > [Becoming a bird ecologist was just luck! I had the chance to be a field assistant for a scientist working in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-j-anderson/becoming-a-bird-ecologist-was-just-luck-i-had-the-chance-to-be-a/) [David J. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-j-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/david-j-anderson-45097_assistant_becoming-a-bird-ecologist-was-just-luck_1153952.jpg) > [If you get someone who looks after himself and those around him, that's a deep ecologist. He can talk philosophy that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/if-you-get-someone-who-looks-after-himself-and-those-around-him-that/) [Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/bill-mollison-4213_ifs_if-you-get-someone-who-looks-after-himse_352353.png) > [I'm first and foremost a biological explorer. I've looked all over the world for answers. Secondly, I'm an ecological designer, and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-todd/i-m-first-and-foremost-a-biological-explorer-i-ve-looked-all-over-the/) [John Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-todd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/john-todd-49075_answers_i-m-first-and-foremost-a-biological-expl_2063641.jpg) > [ Environmental history... refer\[s\] to the past contact of man with his total habitat. . . . The environmental historian like the ecologist… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roderick-nash/environmental-history-refer-s-to-the-past-contact-of-man-with-his/) [Roderick Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roderick-nash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/roderick-nash-57007_balance_environmental-history-refer-s-to-the-pas_1067936.jpg) > ['The Ecologist' has lost money from the day it was launched in 1970, and will continue until the last edition is printed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zac-goldsmith/the-ecologist-has-lost-money-from-the-day-it-was-launched-in-1970-and/) [Zac Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zac-goldsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/zac-goldsmith-15438_been_the-ecologist-has-lost-money-from-the-da_1289251.jpg) > [One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldo-leopold/one-of-the-penalties-of-an-ecological-education-is-that-one-lives/) [Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldo-leopold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/aldo-leopold-1278_believe_one-of-the-penalties-of-an-ecological-ed_779096.png) > [“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. An ecologist must either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldo-leopold/one-of-the-penalties-of-an-ecological-education-is-that-one-lives-3/) [Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldo-leopold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/aldo-leopold-1278_climate-change_one-of-the-penalties-of-an-ecological-ed_1020591.png) > ["Acoustic ecologist" is basically a fancy name for someone who tries to become a better listener. Not just listening to those thoughts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/acoustic-ecologist-is-basically-a-fancy-name-for-someone-who-tries-to/) [Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/gordon-hempton-18344_environment_acoustic-ecologist-is-basically-a-fancy_2502206.jpg) > [We think the problem is out there, when the problem is really in here - who we are and how we experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/we-think-the-problem-is-out-there-when-the-problem-is-really-in-here/) [Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/gordon-hempton-18344_believe_we-think-the-problem-is-out-there-when-t_3127530.jpg) > [An acoustic ecologist is a listener who is aware that sound is information. It's information because it's created by events, events produce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/an-acoustic-ecologist-is-a-listener-who-is-aware-that-sound-is/) [Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/gordon-hempton-18344_all-kinds_an-acoustic-ecologist-is-a-listener-who_1704576.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ecologist/#itemlist", "name": "Ecologist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An Ecologist lives in a world of wounds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aldo Leopold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldo-leopold/an-ecologist-lives-in-a-world-of-wounds/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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ecologist has a much more comprehensive and holistic view of the world. 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