Environment Quotes

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The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders back to the people on the East Coast of… — Galen Rowell
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds… — John Ruskin
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. — John Ruskin
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. — Carl Sagan
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. — Carl Sagan
The giant white cube is now impeding rather than enhancing the rhythms of art. It preprograms a viewer's journey, shifts the emphasis from process to… — Jerry Saltz
It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk,… — Sharon Salzberg
The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that,… — Paul Samuelson
I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story. — Gus Van Sant
There must be more to life than having everything. — Maurice Sendak
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. — William Shakespeare
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because… — E F Schumacher
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. — Albert Schweitzer
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith… — Albert Schweitzer
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.… — Chief Seattle
Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. — Chief Seattle
When someone does a small task beautifully, their whole environment is affected by it. — Jerry Seinfeld
That tertiary education is under a sustained assault by a political and - it often seems - social consensus that equates all education with training… — Will Self

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