Environmental Quotes

1118 Environmental quotes by 683 unique authors

I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference. — Brooke Burke
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. — Jimmy Carter
I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able… — Jimmy Carter
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books,… — George Washington Carver
We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world. — Hugo Chavez
Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy. — Dick Cheney
Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders. — Warren Christopher
Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own… — Noam Chomsky
There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. — Noam Chomsky
So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence. — John Abizaid
The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors, and actions of… — Stephen Covey
It is a fact that, in the West, we live in a capitalist society, but that does not mean that we cannot be guided by… — Giorgio Armani
The risks of transporting deadly nuclear waste, the environmental justice impacts and the long-term health effects of both these projects are untenable...We cannot afford to… — James Cromwell
... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This… — Maria Montessori
Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught. — Victoria Principal
When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behaviour that compromises the lives of millions of… — Simon Mainwaring
We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people. — Mikhail Gorbachev
Birds ... are sensitive indicators of the environment, a sort of "ecological litmus paper," ... The observation and recording of bird populations over time lead… — Roger Tory Peterson
Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest. — Ronald Reagan
The choice to 'do nothing' in response to the mounting evidence is actually a choice to continue and even accelerate the reckless environmental destruction that… — Al Gore
Do you realize we've got 250 million years of coal? But coal has got environmental hazards to it, but there's-I'm convinced, and I know that… — George W. Bush
Neo-Darwinian language and conceptual structure itself ensures scientific failure: Major questions posed by zoologists cannot be answered from inside the neo-Darwinian straitjacket. Such questions include,… — Lynn Margulis
Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of… — Marshall McLuhan
Energy Policy will be and should be driven by environmental policy in the future. — Tim Wirth
The Christian gospel is a two-way road. On the one hand, it seeks to change the souls of men, and thereby unite them with God;… — Martin Luther

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