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Place Quotes by Sylvia Earle
- If we have a hope of really understanding our place in nature and of carving out a place for ourselves that is sustainable, it's primarily…
- As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as…
- Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about that can support life as we…
- For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh'…
- It's a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have…
- The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents. That,…
- The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place.
- Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in…
- There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are…
More Place Quotes
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong
- Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place. — Lance Armstrong
- It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced… — Neil Armstrong
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- I've been to Nepal, but I'd like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go. I don't think… — David Attenborough
- All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters… — Margaret Atwood
- That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves,… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim… — Wystan Hugh Auden