Environmental Quotes

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The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done… — Karl Marx
Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance. — Marshall McLuhan
Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade… — Jon Meacham
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. — Margaret Mead
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance. — Margaret Mead
We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. — Margaret Mead
You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere. — Donella Meadows
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. — Michel de Montaigne
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your… — John Muir
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. — John Muir
Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm… — John Muir
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities. — Brian Mulroney
As you heat the planet up, it's just like boiling a pot. — Elon Musk
The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the environment and the… — Elon Musk
We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is… — Elon Musk
The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. — Ralph Nader
Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations. — Earl Nightingale
Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us. — Bill Nye
There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly… — P.J. O'Rourke
This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world… — Barack Obama

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