Animal Quote by Ayn Rand

“Slaps in the face like this provide opportunities for change. A drought definitely gets people thinking about how they can manage resources better. It’s…

— Judith D. Schwartz

Our fish, our recreation, our irrigation and all our uses of the Missouri River are threatened if the drought continues and the Corps of…

— Mike Rounds

“In a flood the water goes everywhere, you don't have to think about it. In a drought, if you want water, you have to…

— Zadie Smith

“Floods are an act of God; flood damages result from the acts of men.”

— Gilbert White

The government tells us we need flood control and comes to straighten the creek in our pasture. The engineer on the job tells us…

— Aldo Leopold

“Drought indeed stressed the system, but the societal disintegration in the south was due not to surpassing inherent ecological limits but the political failure…

— Charles C. Mann

“God gave man the authority to rule and protect all the animals in the aquatic ecosystems.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

It's not whether animals will survive, it's whether man has the will to save them.

— Anthony D. Williams

The transformation of forests into deserts, fertile earth into sunbaked concrete, and running rivers into silted floodwaters show that only through care for the…

— Petra Kelly

Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services.

— Paul Hawken

“Property, marriage, the law; as the bed to the river, so rule and convention to the instinct; and woe to him who tampers with…

— Samuel Butler