Pollution Quotes

260 quotes by 202 authors

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value. — R. Buckminster Fuller
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi
Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague,… — Uri Geller
Today we're dumping 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the environment, and tomorrow we will dump more, and there is no effective worldwide response.… — Al Gore
We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place. — Gunter Grass
Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. — Barry Commoner
Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat,… — Nhat Hanh
Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate. — James Hansen
Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution. — Garrett Hardin
I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming. — Stephen Hawking
Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved… — Jane D. Hull
We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need? — Lee Iacocca
The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented. — Eddie Bernice Johnson
Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. — David Letterman
We now see numerous examples of brands working together to address issues such as environmental degradations, climate control, pollution, poverty and disease. — Simon Mainwaring
I did a filmstrip on pollution in the Davison area as my Eagle Scout project and showed it around town. Businesses who were the polluters… — Michael Moore
Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human… — Evo Morales
There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. — Robert Orben
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from… — Ronald Reagan

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