Environment Quotes
3400 quotes by 2224 authors
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The common man or women, whether they are Israeli or Palestinian, Protestant or Catholic or Iraqi or American, the common man just wants to live…
— Woody Harrelson
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The environment is in us, not outside of us. The trees are our lungs, the rivers our bloodstream. We are all interconnected, and what you…
— Ian Somerhalder
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Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.
— Ronald Reagan
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Oh, sure... I was trying to make to make a point that we shouldn't be afraid to debate the left, even on the environment. That…
— Newt Gingrich
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The Caring for Climate initiative is fully aligned with our own explicit commitments, which reflect our respect for society in which we operate, respect for…
— Jose Lopez
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We do not face a choice between protecting our environment or protecting our economy. We face a choice between protecting our economy by protecting our…
— Robert Rubin
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...the world needs to face up to the challenge of climate change, and to do so now. It is clear that climate change poses an…
— Gordon Brown
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Climate change will affect the basic elements of life for people around the world - access to water, food production, health, and the environment. Hundreds…
— Nicholas Stern
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We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the most cost-effective and reliable ways of easing pressure on our environment and securing…
— Lionel Shriver
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Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of our environment
— David Attenborough
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Al Gore announced he is finishing up a new book about global warming and the environment. Yeah, the first chapter talks about how you shouldn't…
— Conan O'Brien
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Man is a predatory animal, and this aspect of his nature is nowhere better suited by environment than in the world of politics.
— Enid Lyons
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We are enjoying in Africa what I call the democracy dividend. The progress we are seeing, economic development are all part of the dividend of…
— John Dramani Mahama
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We need a race to the top so that we have policies and regulations that protect human rights, the environment and that reduce poverty.
— Winnie Byanyima
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According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, the annual amount spent globally on advertising aimed at increasing consumption topped $430 billion in 1998.Consumer…
— Jacques Ellul
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Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country.
— Eric Hoffer
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In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before…
— Pope Francis
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When you go back to your environment and you deal with employees... do you inspire people or do you make them feel fear? Do you…
— Liz Murray
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In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth... Deeper reflection helps us to discover…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The human diet consists of just nine plants: corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, millet, beans, barley, rye and oats.
— Bill Bryson
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