Environmental Quotes

1118 Environmental quotes by 683 unique authors

We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it… — Jane Goodall
I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy. — Al Gore
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination. — Al Gore
I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection,… — Al Gore
A lot of fun stuff happens when you go out on a bike compared to when you're in a car. You're more in the environment.… — Stone Gossard
Nature's patterns sometimes reflect two intertwined features: fundamental physical laws and environmental influences. It's nature's version of nature versus nurture. — Brian Greene
When you buy a jacket, you pick the size to ensure it fits. Similarly, we live in a universe in which the amount of dark… — Brian Greene
The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make… — Barry Commoner
Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it. — Barry Commoner
The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. — Barry Commoner
I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues. — Grimes
Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. — Barry Commoner
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. — Barry Commoner
Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a… — Ellen DeGeneres
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival. — W. Edwards Deming
Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever. — Leonardo DiCaprio
There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. — Annie Dillard
Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions. — Will Durant
American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc. — Katherine Dunn
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with. — Henry Van Dyke
We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are… — Freeman Dyson

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