Conservation Quotes

287 quotes by 189 authors

People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. — David Attenborough
The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between it and millions… — David Attenborough
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating… — David Attenborough
I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America. — Jeff Bridges
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. — Edmund Burke
I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection… — Jimmy Carter
Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy. — Dick Cheney
The typical nature photograph shows a butterfly on a pretty flower. The conservation photograph shows the same thing, but with a bulldozer coming at it… — Joel Sartore
I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the oceans - there will always… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope… — Sylvia Earle
Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does something… — Sylvia Earle
Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now. — Sylvia Earle
I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet. — Sylvia Earle
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct. — Peter Benchley
We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine. — Pierce Brosnan
We know that when we protect our oceans we're protecting our future. — William J. Clinton
Dating back to Teddy Roosevelt, hunters have been the pillar of conservation in America, doing more than anyone to conserve wildlife and its habitat. — Gale Norton
'Conservation' (the conservation law) means this ... that there is a number, which you can calculate, at one moment-and as nature undergoes its multitude of… — Richard P. Feynman
Active conservation [of gorillas] involves simply going out into the forest, on foot, day after day after day, attempting to capture poachers, killing-regretfully-poacher dogs, which… — Dian Fossey
If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade. — Steven Chu

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