All Gifford Pinchot Quotes
- I ran into the gigantic and gigantically wasteful lumbering of great Sequoias, many of whose trunks were so huge they had to be blown apart… Apart
- By exposing yourself to risk, you're exposing yourself to heavy-duty learning, which gets you on all levels. It becomes a very emotional experience as well… All
- The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for those realities. Accountability
- The goal of coaching is not in fixing what is broken, but in discovering new talents and new ways to use old talents that lead… Broken
- I had no more conception of what it meant to be a forester than the man in the moon....But at least a forester worked in… Conception
- Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the… Answered
- I have been governor every now and then, but I am a forester all the time. All
- Innovations never happen as planned. Funny
- World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous… Access
- Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity… Conservation
- The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency Conservation
- Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men Conservation
- The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time. Conservation
- It is a greater thing to be a good citizen than to be a good Republican or a good Democrat, Citizen
- The lumbermen...regarded forest devastation as normal and second growth as a delusion of fools....And as for sustained yield, no such idea had ever entered their… All
- The object of our forest policy is not to preserve the forests because they are beautiful-or because they are refuges for the wild creatures of… Beautiful
- Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good. Application
- In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will be a controlling factor in… Been
- The American Colossus was fiercely intent on appropriating and exploiting the riches of all continents - grasping with both hands, reaping where he had not… All
- The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future. Become Realities
- The earth and its resources belong of right to its people. Belong