--- title: "Best David R. Brower Quotes" description: "American environmentalist (1912-2000). Browse 71 David R. Brower quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-r-brower-27865.jpg" --- ![Portrait of David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-r-brower-27865.jpg) # David R. Brower (1912–2000) Cinematographer **71** quotes in **336** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet David R. Brower was a cinematographer, best known for *Not man apart*. ## Quick Facts About David R. Brower Born July 1, 1912 Died November 5, 2000 Profession Cinematographer Notable works Not man apart ## About David R. Brower David Ross Brower was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies (1997), Friends of the Earth (1969), Earth Island Institute (1982), North Cascades Conservation Council, and Fate of the Earth Conferences. From 1952 to 1969, he served as the first Executive Director of the Sierra Club, and served on its board three times: from 1941–1953; 1983–1988; and 1995–2000 as a petition candidate enlisted by reform-activists known as the John Muir Sierrans. As a younger man, he was a prominent mountaineer. ## Quotes by David R. Brower · Page 2 > [Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/realistic-is-a-loaded-word-for-me-anyone-who-uses-the-word-realistic/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/david-r-brower-9665_language_realistic-is-a-loaded-word-for-me-anyone_1772407.jpg) > [People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/people-have-alleged-that-i-have-inspired-many-young-people-over-the/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Inspiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspiration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/896/david-r-brower-9665_inspiration_people-have-alleged-that-i-have-inspired_1485616.jpg) > [To me, a wilderness is where the flow of wildness is essentially uninterrupted by technology; without wilderness the world is a cage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/to-me-a-wilderness-is-where-the-flow-of-wildness-is-essentially/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Cages](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cages/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/david-r-brower-9665_cages_to-me-a-wilderness-is-where-the-flow-of_2196318.jpg) > [For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/for-how-many-people-do-you-think-might-yet-stand-on-this-planet/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Cold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/david-r-brower-9665_cold_for-how-many-people-do-you-think-might-y_180836.jpg) > [Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/once-we-open-the-door-to-the-plutonium-economy-we-expose-ourselves-to/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Economy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/david-r-brower-9665_economy_once-we-open-the-door-to-the-plutonium-e_320718.jpg) > [We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/we-tried-burying-the-waste-at-sea-and-the-concrete-cannisters-that/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Concrete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concrete/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/david-r-brower-9665_concrete_we-tried-burying-the-waste-at-sea-and-th_1770882.jpg) > [Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/bring-diversity-back-to-agriculture-that-s-what-made-it-work-in-the/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Agriculture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agriculture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0c/david-r-brower-9665_agriculture_bring-diversity-back-to-agriculture-that_1869396.jpg) > [There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/there-is-no-place-where-we-can-safely-store-worn-out-reactors-or/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Environmental](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/environmental/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/david-r-brower-9665_environmental_there-is-no-place-where-we-can-safely-st_412949.jpg) > [We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly where, but I think it's back there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/we-ve-got-to-search-back-to-our-last-known-safe-landmark-i-can-t-say/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Energy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/energy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/david-r-brower-9665_energy_we-ve-got-to-search-back-to-our-last-kno_1745724.jpg) > [Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/apollo-13-as-you-may-remember-gave-us-a-reactor-that-is-bubbling-away/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Apollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/david-r-brower-9665_apollo_apollo-13-as-you-may-remember-gave-us-a_2341596.jpg) > [I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited amounts of energy into our hands, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/i-will-say-this-though-if-it-is-true-that-fusion-will-put-unlimited/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Energy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/energy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/david-r-brower-9665_energy_i-will-say-this-though-if-it-is-true-tha_792411.jpg) > [What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/what-s-even-more-unsettling-is-the-way-these-people-hide-what-they-re/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Hide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hide/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/david-r-brower-9665_hide_what-s-even-more-unsettling-is-the-way-t_2039511.jpg) > [Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/childbearing-should-be-a-punishable-crime-against-society-unless-the/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Agenda 21](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agenda-21/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/david-r-brower-9665_agenda-21_childbearing-should-be-a-punishable-crim_1106662.jpg) > [Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for the use of our descendants. This 'solution',…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/perhaps-most-ridiculous-of-all-is-the-suggestion-that-we-keep-our/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Descendants](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/descendants/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/david-r-brower-9665_descendants_perhaps-most-ridiculous-of-all-is-the-su_2377353.jpg) > [The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/the-sierra-club-is-a-very-good-and-a-very-powerful-force-for/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Conservation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conservation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/david-r-brower-9665_conservation_the-sierra-club-is-a-very-good-and-a-ver_1537194.jpg) > [What we are finding out now is that there are not only limits to growth but also to technology and that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/what-we-are-finding-out-now-is-that-there-are-not-only-limits-to/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Consent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/david-r-brower-9665_consent_what-we-are-finding-out-now-is-that-ther_2273424.jpg) > [Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/perhaps-we-ll-realize-that-each-of-us-has-not-one-vote-but-ten/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Ten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/david-r-brower-9665_ten_perhaps-we-ll-realize-that-each-of-us-ha_2190863.jpg) > [We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the rock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/we-ve-pumped-waste-into-cavities-in-solid-rock-and-found-that-it/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Found](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/found/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/david-r-brower-9665_found_we-ve-pumped-waste-into-cavities-in-soli_1779590.jpg) > [Polite conservationists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/polite-conservationists-leave-no-mark-save-the-scars-upon-the-earth/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Could have been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/could-have-been/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/david-r-brower-9665_could-have-been_polite-conservationists-leave-no-mark-sa_2592195.jpg) > [At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/at-that-time-a-senator-who-was-on-the-joint-committee-of-atomic/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Atomic energy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atomic-energy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/david-r-brower-9665_atomic-energy_at-that-time-a-senator-who-was-on-the-jo_2527435.jpg) > [I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter a new era of unlimited power that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/i-was-actually-telling-people-that-by-harnessing-the-atom-we-could/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/david-r-brower-9665_beautiful_i-was-actually-telling-people-that-by-ha_657852.jpg) > [Keep your rivers flowing as they will, and you will continue to know the most important of all freedoms-the boundless scope of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/keep-your-rivers-flowing-as-they-will-and-you-will-continue-to-know/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Boundless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boundless/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/david-r-brower-9665_boundless_keep-your-rivers-flowing-as-they-will-an_102192.jpg) > [Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/sometimes-luck-is-with-you-and-sometimes-not-but-the-important-thing/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Climbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/david-r-brower-9665_climbs_sometimes-luck-is-with-you-and-sometimes_1349335.jpg) > [It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/it-is-absolutely-imperative-that-we-protect-preserve-and-pass-on-this/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Heritage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heritage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/david-r-brower-9665_heritage_it-is-absolutely-imperative-that-we-prot_1558748.jpg) > [They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There isn't enough capability in ordinary people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/they-simply-don-t-know-that-much-about-what-they-re-doing-there-isn-t/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Complicated](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complicated/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/david-r-brower-9665_complicated_they-simply-don-t-know-that-much-about-w_1733022.jpg) > [I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/i-began-working-with-the-john-muir-institute-and-then-started-helping/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Earth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/david-r-brower-9665_earth_i-began-working-with-the-john-muir-insti_819258.jpg) > [I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/i-sort-of-kept-my-hand-in-writing-and-went-to-work-for-the-sierra/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Conservation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conservation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/david-r-brower-9665_conservation_i-sort-of-kept-my-hand-in-writing-and-we_2195158.jpg) > [The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/the-more-we-pour-the-big-machines-the-fuel-the-pesticides-the/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Agriculture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agriculture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/david-r-brower-9665_big-mac_the-more-we-pour-the-big-machines-the-fu_1353651.jpg) > [All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/all-i-know-about-thermal-pollution-is-that-if-we-continue-our-present/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f0/david-r-brower-9665_climate_all-i-know-about-thermal-pollution-is-th_247191.jpg) > [Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're probably aware, about one in ten of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/yet-another-proposal-would-have-us-rocket-the-waste-into-the-sun-but/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Earth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/david-r-brower-9665_earth_yet-another-proposal-would-have-us-rocke_1845878.jpg) > [I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/i-believe-that-the-average-guy-in-the-street-will-give-up-a-great/) [David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/) [Average](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/average/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/david-r-brower-9665_average_i-believe-that-the-average-guy-in-the-st_3136295.jpg) ## David R. Brower by topic [People (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/david-r-brower/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/#itemlist", "name": "David R. 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