Conservation Quotes

287 quotes by 189 authors

It cannot suffice to invent new machines, new regulations, new institutions. It is necessary to change and improve our understanding of the true purpose of… — Vaclav Havel
I've learned that if you want people to join in any kind of conservation effort, you have to help them to care with their hearts,… — Jane Goodall
Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that… — Chris Patten
Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source… — Eric Burdon
I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded… — David R. Brower
The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I… — David R. Brower
Strict conservation of energy in the elementary process had thus been confirmed also by a negative experiment. — Walther Bothe
China is responsible for a lot of the major conservation issues we're facing. It's the main market for rhino horn. Tigers are being killed for… — Mark Carwardine
I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes. — Jack L. Chalker
I'm doing my part, building plants at a record rate, having historic conservation levels. The only people not doing their part is the federal government… — Gray Davis
I'm a little different from all those conservation types. — Jim Fowler
In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial… — Ron Kind
A duck call in the hands of the unskilled is one of conservation's greatest assets — Nash Buckingham
Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution. — Aldo Leopold
There is a conservation of matter and of energy, there may be a conservation of life; or if not of life, of something which transcends… — Oliver Lodge
People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and… — Wendell Berry
And I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you… — Jimmy Carter
I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we tell the world… — Thomas Friedman
And so when we talk about intangible values remember that they cannot be separated from the others. The conservation of waters, forests, soils, and wildlife… — Sigurd F. Olson
Conservation is not merely a question of morality, but a question of our own survival. — Dalai Lama

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