Environmental Quotes

1118 Environmental quotes by 683 unique authors

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. — Thomas Jefferson
Factory farming is one of the biggest contributors to the most serious environmental problems. The meat industry causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all the… — Joan Jett
If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also… — Lyndon B. Johnson
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. — Joseph Joubert
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. — John Maynard Keynes
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion.… — Vaclav Klaus
Toxins love to get you while you're young. Lead, mercury, secondhand smoke and sundry other environmental nasties do a lot more damage when tissue is… — Jeffrey Kluger
The root cause of the looming energy problem - and the key to easing environmental, economic and religious tensions while improving public health - is… — Lawrence M. Krauss
If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers. — Joseph Wood Krutch
If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either. — Joseph Wood Krutch
When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god… — Joseph Wood Krutch
When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential… — Madeleine M. Kunin
My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm. — Annie Leibovitz
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we… — Aldo Leopold
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. — Aldo Leopold
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. — Aldo Leopold
In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions. — Max Lerner
Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels,… — Dan Lipinski
Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it. — Charles Lindbergh
Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest,… — Dan Lipinski
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars. — Martin Luther
The environmental benefits of hydrogen are also outstanding. When used as an energy source, hydrogen produces no emissions besides water. Zero polluting emissions, an amazing… — Dan Lipinski
The high prices also highlight the fact that the U.S. is too heavily dependent on fossil fuels that we import from unstable parts of the… — Dan Lipinski
Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest. — James Lovelock
If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now. — James Lovelock

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