Conservation Quotes

287 quotes by 185 authors

You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere. — Donella Meadows
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. — John Muir
Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people. — Edward Norton
I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert. — Edward Norton
The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel. — Ted Nugent
There's an absolute surety to the hands-on conservation lifestyle of hunting, fishing and trapping where you know you're going to consume today. — Ted Nugent
We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for… — Pat Paulsen
I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and… — Ian Somerhalder
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. — Adlai E. Stevenson
Our livelihood is intimately tied to the food we eat, water we drink and places where we recreate. That's why we have to promote responsibility… — Mark Udall
I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours. — Kurt Vonnegut
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap. — Kurt Vonnegut
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. — E. O. Wilson
The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction… — E. O. Wilson
To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi
To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result… — Theodore Roosevelt
Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die. — Gil Scott-Heron
Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain, For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain. America, America, man sheds his waste on thee, And hides… — George Carlin
And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because… — Art Buchwald

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