Environment Quotes · Page 50

Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.

— Manuel Puig

If a work of art is to explore new environments, it is not to be regarded as a blueprint but rather as…

— Marshall McLuhan

Looking at the world through a sustainability lens not only helps us 'future proof' our supply chain, it also fuels innovation and…

— Paul Polman

The human diet consists of just nine plants: corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, millet, beans, barley, rye and oats.

— Bill Bryson

Investing in sewer and stormwater infrastructure is a top priority for my administration, because it's good for both our environment and the…

— Phil Scott

“The killers are the people who are ruining the world to line their pockets, poisoning us, burying us under garbage!”

— John Brunner

One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's…

— Jay Weatherill

There must be a way to combine the high rise and high-density environment with nature. Maybe we can have our gardens in…

— Ma Yansong

The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness…

— Billy Graham

You either keep the forest standing, which takes jobs away from indigenous people who need to feed themselves, or you cut down…

— Johan Eliasch

A being whose activities are associated with others has a social environment. What he does and what he can do depend upon…

— John Dewey

I am really inspired by strong, badass, female characters. I would start with a revenge film, then ease into stories of badass…

— Alicia Sixtos

Juxtaposing a person with an environment that is boundless, collating him with a countless number of people passing by close to him…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards…

— Gregory Colbert

I come back to the science that is in it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and climate change. It's about…

— Nancy Pelosi

“That's it on the maps; nature doesn't acknowledge frontiers. Neither can ecology... Where to begin to understand what we've only got a…

— Nadine Gordimer

The press is going to have to learn anew that it's possible to work in an environment that is not so toxic…

— Ted Gup

“One of the least meaningful and most overused words in the English language is 'sustainability.' For most Americans, it means something like…

— David Owen

Reality, in its quantitative aspect, must be considered as a system of populations... The general study of the equilibria and dynamics of…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

To the greatest extent possible, I try to make choices that involve the least amount of cruelty and environmental damage. I'm interested…

— Vesanto Melina

I don't believe in "average people" doing anything [about the climate]. People outght to support mitigation and adaptation within their own line…

— Bruce Bruce

The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become... We have to address the population issue. The United Nations, with…

— Gaylord Nelson

I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health…

— William J. Clinton

“The world has a very serious problem, my friend' Shiva went on. 'Poor children still die by their millions. Westerners and the…

— Ramez Naam

“With all the holes in you already there's no reason to define the outside environment as alien.”

— Jenny Holzer

Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.

— Mark McKinnon

“Our ancestors dreamed us into being. The least we can do is listen when the earth speaks back.”

— Lawrence Nault

I was raised in an environment where chaos was the norm, so I was at my best in chaos.

— Zoey Tur

“The aquatic environment must be safeguarded by men. God created mankind to care for the environment and all the living resources.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

For three decades, Democrats and Republicans worked together to make our environment better.

— Christopher Dodd

I found for me that my safe place was work. I could control my environment. I became very fastidious and detailed, and…

— Marie Osmond

I believe that man does have an impact on the climate, that CO2 has an impact on the climate, and we do…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

Children are our future and every child deserves to have an environment where they can learn and flourish and gain knowledge.

— Lil Jon

When I think about my children and how different their futures might be as a result of climate change, it makes me…

— David Harewood

The job of senior management is to cultivate an environment where store managers can learn from the market and from each other.

— Sam Walton

Adapting to climate change: It really is time for action...we are on a never-ending road; this is with us for the rest…

— Joan Ruddock

Climate change and energy use are global problems. News Corp is a global company. Our operations affect the environment all over the…

— Rupert Murdoch

Hell has a climate, but no situation. It lies in the spirit, and not in space.

— Osbert Sitwell

I'm a storyteller. My whole family is storytellers. I'm just a product of my environment.

— Eddie Griffin

I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the…

— Ma Yansong