Environment Quotes

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The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too. The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. You have… — Hermann Hesse
Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people.... We are a nation rich in rivers. — Charles Kuralt
A river or stream is a cycle of energy from sun to plants to insects to fish. It is a continuum broken only by humans. — Aldo Leopold
The moods of a river change from hour to hour and day to day. It can be still and serene as a glassy mirror, reflecting… — Ernie Lyons
Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission -… — Francis of Assisi
It is sad that it was necessary that Santa Barbara should be the example that had to bring it to the attention of the American… — Richard M. Nixon
You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that habitat and you… — Gerald Durrell
Conservation is not just an ideal that we read about; it works. — Roger Tory Peterson
Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized — Hugh Hammond Bennett
Whether we fail or not, we shall not be kept from continuing our mission by those who claim it can't be done. ...Indeed the whole… — Louis Bromfield
What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties… — Barack Obama
You cannot affirm the power plant and condemn the smokestack, or affirm the smoke and condemn the cough — Wendell Berry
We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us. — Mary Daly
Let the clean air blow the cobwebs from your body. Air is medicine. — Lillian Russell
If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if… — David Attenborough
We have lost sight of the dependence we have on nature in economics — Tony Juniper
Nature is our biggest ally in poverty reduction and achieving human welfare — Tony Juniper
Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world — Satish Kumar
Without the land, the rivers, the oceans, the forests, the sunshine, the minerals and thousands of natural resources we would have no economy whatsoever — Satish Kumar
Nature is not a drag on growth. Its protection is an unavoidable prerequisite for sustaining economic development — Tony Juniper

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