Conservation Quotes

287 quotes by 188 authors

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example. — Veerappa Moily
Saving petrol is saving India's money. This is a sense of patriotism. The country can be energy-independent by energy conservation. I appeal to the other… — Veerappa Moily
India needs to be liberated both from the 'high GDP growth hedgehogs' and the 'conservation at all costs hedgehogs.' — Jairam Ramesh
As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public. — Henry David Thoreau
I fear that he who walks over these fields a century hence will not know the pleasure of knocking off wild apples. Ah, poor man,… — Henry David Thoreau
Most men, it seems to me, do not care for Nature and would sell their share in all her beauty, as long as they may… — Henry David Thoreau
It is a thorough process, this war with the wilderness - breaking nature, taming the soil. feeding it on oats. The civilized man regards the… — Henry David Thoreau
Why should not we, who have renounced the king's authority, have our national preserves, where no villages need be destroyed, in which the bear and… — Henry David Thoreau
The very willow-rows lopped every three years for fuel or powder, - and every sizable pine and oak, or other forest tree, cut down within… — Henry David Thoreau
It would be worth the while if in each town there were a committee appointed to see that the beauty of the town received no… — Henry David Thoreau
Just imagine the banner headlines if a marine biologist were to discover a species of dolphin that wove large, intricately meshed fishing nets, twenty dolphin-lengths… — Richard Dawkins
Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades. — James Lovelock
We're the only species that have crapped up the planet and the only species that can clean it up. — Dennis Weaver
Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it. — George C. Williams
We live in an age of science and of abundance. The care and reverence for books as such, proper to an age when no book… — Ezra Pound
This state of mind, which subordinates the interests of the ego to the conservation of the community, is really the first premise for every truly… — Adolf Hitler
We lose the forest for the trees, forgetting, even so far as we think at all, that we are trustees for those who come after… — Learned Hand
Modern man's capacity for destruction is quixotic evidence of humanity's capacity for reconstruction. The powerful technological agents we have unleashed against the environment include many… — George Will
A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns… — Aristide Briand
The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an… — Stewart Udall

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