Environment Quotes · Page 87

The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in…

— Joan D. Vinge

Conservation viewed in its entirety, is the slow and laborious unfolding of a new relationship between people and land.

— Aldo Leopold

I hope to be remembered as someone who made the earth a little more beautiful.

— William O. Douglas

If nuclear warfare is believed to be somewhat controlled, then climate change is now the greatest threat.

— Graciela Chichilnisky

The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to…

— Jason Mraz

Sustainability can't be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a…

— Bjarke Ingels

Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.

— Susan Collins

We've built a new Earth. It's not as nice as the old one; it's the greatest mistake humans have ever made, one…

— Bill McKibben

We're taught to solely blame our luck-of-the-draw genes for our health issues, rather than our daily habits, dietary choices, and interplay with…

— Kris Carr

Just because life signifies not bare passive existence (supposing there is such a thing), but a way of acting, environment or medium…

— John Dewey

The hardest part of returning to a truly healthy environment may be changing the current totally unsustainable heavy-meat-eating culture of increasing numbers…

— Jane Goodall

[D]id you really expect fairness on the environmental issue? For a swathe of reporters, this is not a matter of empirical reporting;…

— Andrew Sullivan

Apple has never allowed ad-blocking software on the iPhone or iPad. This is one among many reasons that I ditched both. Not…

— Kevin Drum

Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the…

— Walter Lang

To allow the market mechanism to be the sole director of the fate of human beings and their natural environment…would result in…

— Karl Polanyi

It is probably true that business corrupts everything it touches. It corrupts politics, sports, literature, art, labor unions and so on. But…

— Eric Hoffer

Now more than ever the world has to come together to make changes. Just because certain cultures have had long-standing traditions does…

— Hayden Panettiere

When you act, you're being asked to pretend in a very rigid, controlled environment. It's very un-childlike. So a lot of times,…

— Patton Oswalt

The contingency of history (both for life in general and for the cultures of Homo sapiens ) and human free will (in…

— Stephen Jay Gould

We are the canaries in the mine. If we go, the last ecosystems go. So does the wisdom of how to sustain…

— Rebecca Adamson

“Myth: we have to save the earth. Frankly, the earth doesn't need to be saved. Nature doesn't give a hoot if human…

— William L. Rathje

If you can look back and say, "The economy's better. Our security's better. The environment's better. Our kids' education is better," if…

— Barack Obama

But I think it’s important to discuss just how easy it is for any of us to get caught up in things…

— Guy Spier

Did you find any artists complaining who don't already complain all day long about everything? No. But have you ever met a…

— Urs Fischer

I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change... no longer than a decade, at the…

— James Hansen

“We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas. Those environments are changing.”

— Michael Crichton

I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it…

— Buzz Aldrin

You know, the environment is fragmenting, and the environment is, in many places, absolutely hideous!

— Richard Rogers

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with…

— Peter Matthiessen

What makes LSU is the environment and the fans and those guys wearing the jerseys. They're really good players.

— Urban Meyer

The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.

— James Hillman

“One of the main downsides of not being poor or broke is that you are quick to replace even what can be…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We need to see the connection between global warring and global warming, and it's oil. Sustainability is the path to peace.

— Dennis Kucinich

The earth is like a beautiful bride, who needs no man-made jewels to heighten her loveliness.

— Anonymous

I really worry about the state of the planet and I wish everyone would make a concerned effort not to trash it.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

The dressing-room environment is very difficult to replicate, camaraderie is very important.

— Joe Root

Debate about the causes and consequences of climate change and the policy positions taken in response to it should be encouraged, not…

— Luther Strange

Many business leaders are seeing the relationship between long term success and sustainability, and that's very heartening.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

People aren't going to change their habits just to save the environment. They need to see the benefits for themselves.

— George Clarke

You have to collaborate with the moment and the environment. It kind of was magnified by the house being a studio.

— Devendra Banhart