Building Quote by Aldo Leopold

Recreation is nothing but a change of work-an occupation for the hands by those who live by their brains, or for the brains by…

— Dorothy Thompson

Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well-being as the more serious pursuits of life.

— Brigham Young

There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for…

— Michael Pollan

As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.

— George Aiken

Recreation is not the highest kind of enjoyment, but in its time and place is quite as proper as prayer.

— Samuel I. Prime

“A hobby is labor disguising itself as leisure. It is extremely destructive to the boundaries of private life.”

— Bauvard

Barring love and war, few enterprises are undertaken with such abandon, or by such diverse individuals, or with so paradoxical a mixture of appetite…

— Aldo Leopold

Leisure and the cultivation of human capacities are inextricably interdependent.

— Margaret Mead

Wilderness has become one of the world's fastest disappearing resources, and it is non-renewable. Yet unlike oil, gold or woodchips, it is essential to…

— Bob Brown

In my view, wholesome pleasure, sport, and recreation are as vital to this nation as productive work and should have a large share in…

— Walt Disney

People need open space. People need to bring their children into an area where they can play without restriction." And I was told, "This…

— Wangari Maathai

Technology and production can be great benefactors of man, but they are mindless instruments, and if undirected they careen along with a momentum of…

— Charles A. Reich