Conservation Quotes

287 quotes by 188 authors

And by the influence of heat, light, and electrical powers, there is a constant series of changes [in animal and vegetal substances]; matter assumes new… — Humphry Davy
In addition, each barrel of oil we save through conservation further decreases our dangerous reliance on unstable Middle East oil. — Paul Gillmor
We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices on consumers, decreasing… — Paul Gillmor
In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial. — Aldo Leopold
Thus far we have considered the problem of conservation of land purely as an economic issue. A false front of exclusively economic determinism is so… — Aldo Leopold
Increasingly the evidence suggests that people benefit so much from contact with nature that land conservation can now be viewed as a public health strategy. — Richard Louv
The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources; in the prevention of wasteful practices. — Herbert Hoover
I can at once refute the statement that the people of the West object to conservation of oil resources. They know that there is a… — Herbert Hoover
Conservation is humanity caring for the future. — Nancy Newhall
No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in… — Derrick Jensen
Last year, I co-sponsored the Highlands Conservation Act and in a bipartisan effort we passed the bill through Congress. — Sue Kelly
I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. Unfortunately there are countries who are still destroying it,… — Steve Irwin
They are a fairly aggressive conservation organization that was started to protect the great whales particularly, but in general all marine life around the world.… — Richard Dean Anderson
Every act of energy conservation... is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism. — Jimmy Carter
The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture. — Gaylord Nelson
Without love of the land, conservation lacks meaning or purpose, for only in a deep and inherent feeling for the land can there be dedication… — Sigurd F. Olson
If religion and science could be united on the common ground of biological conservation, the problem would be soon solved. If there is any moral… — E. O. Wilson
Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest. — Aldo Leopold
There are two principles inherent in the very nature of things, recurring in some particular embodiments whatever field we explore - the spirit of change,… — Alfred North Whitehead
Conservation viewed in its entirety, is the slow and laborious unfolding of a new relationship between people and land. — Aldo Leopold

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