Our planet Quotes · Page 4

For four - fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pondscum.

— J. William Schopf

Erosion, desertification, and pollution have become our lot. It is a weird form of suicide, for we are bleeding our planet to…

— Gerald Durrell

Nuclear weaponry, of course, would be the be-all, end-all of just too many people in too many parts of our planet.

— Sarah Palin

Swimming has been a very effective medium for telling a story about the state of our planet.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

Coal is the single greatest threat to civilization and all life on our planet.

— James Hansen

By far the single greatest danger facing humankind - in fact, all living beings on our planet - is the threat of…

— Dalai Lama

Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet.

— Walter Isaacson

Many people on our planet right now despair; they think we've reached a point where we've discovered most of the things. I'm…

— Nathan Wolfe

I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but…

— Barry Goldwater

I'm not one to attribute every activity of man to the changes in the climate. There is something to be said also…

— Sarah

Due to many cosmic and worldly reasons, we will surely lose our planet one day! Till that dark day comes, let us…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The incidence of Alzheimer's disease is growing at a pace like never before, affecting people at a younger and younger age. This…

— Benjamin Creme

Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong,…

— Mathieu Kerekou

Humankind has suddenly entered into a brand new relationship with our planet. Unless we quickly and profoundly change the course of our…

— Al Gore

The white race is absolutely disagreeable to get along with in peace. No other people on the face of the earth have…

— Khalid Abdul Muhammad

When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating…

— Sally Ride

There are degrees of loneliness, ways in which the experience of loneliness deepens, becomes something like what we might call a way…

— Thomas L. Dumm

We live in a world, it's very hard for Americans to understand that every 20 seconds a kid dies, a kid under…

— Matt Damon

The profound political changes we need in order to heal our planet will not come about through fragmented problem solving or intellectual…

— Petra Kelly

This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Our planet teeters on the brink of annihilation; dangerous passions of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

This earth is one of the rare spots in the cosmos where mind has flowered. Man is a product of nearly three…

— Julian Huxley

Is civilization progress? The challenge, I think, is clear; and, as clearly, the final answer will be given not by our amassing…

— Charles Lindbergh

The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures…

— Sylvia Earle

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet.

— Lawrence Bender

I am passionate about many things but conserving our planet and its species is a high priority of mine.

— Richard Branson

Together, leading the world, the U.S.A. will rid our planet of this barbarous organization called ISIS.

— Bernie Sanders

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

— Naveen Jain

We live in a time where we have more extinction happening on our planet than since the dinosaurs were wiped out 50…

— Jeff Corwin

Our biggest national security threat is the environmental destruction of our planet and the arms race with ourselves.

— Jello Biafra

Growing hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our…

— Jack Herer

I believe that God left certain drugs growing naturally upon our planet to help speed up and facilitate our evolution.

— Bill Hicks

We've poisoned our planet to a desperate degree. We have no idea of how severe the toxification is.

— Benjamin Creme

I am really sobered by what's happening to ecosystems around our planet and to the wildlife that is to be found there.

— Jeff Corwin

Our planet's alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!

— Leonardo DiCaprio

The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much larger than just deciding what to do…

— Marianne Williamson

We are addicted to money and our obsession with it is leading to the destruction of our planet.

— Mark Boyle

I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women!

— Robert Ballard

Our planet is currently undergoing a mass extinction of species called the Anthropocene - the Age of Man.

— Louie Psihoyos

One of the jovian moons, Europa, is coated with twice as much liquid water as is sloshing around our planet.

— Seth Shostak