American Quote by Douglas Tompkins

It doesn't seem to be worth wasting a lot of energy on attempting to rewrite the past.

— Douglas Tompkins

Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy.

— Douglas Tompkins

The byproduct of the main thrust to protect the biodiversity of a given place is that you get especially young people out to the…

— Douglas Tompkins

I tell myself to hurry up, that I have to do everything before death catches me.

— Douglas Tompkins

If you're not willing to take the political heat, then you shouldn't get into the game of land conservation, especially on a large scale.

— Douglas Tompkins

I don't think capitalism can survive.

— Douglas Tompkins

I don't have a cell phone because I know how horrible it is. Using your cell phone is like putting your head in a…

— Douglas Tompkins

Resource efficiency is the wrong metric. We should use nature as the measure, using nature's wisdom as a template for our economic systems.

— Douglas Tompkins

Despite my great disappointment in American foreign policy, I am very proud of the American tradition of wild land conservation. It is the best…

— Douglas Tompkins

For those of us (those that have the desire to explore the world unknown) that grew up going out into the wilds of the…

— Douglas Tompkins

Fashion is one of the most intellectually vacuous industries. We had to manufacture desires to get people to buy our products. We were selling…

— Douglas Tompkins

Once we establish an architectural style in each park, we stick with it religiously and comprehensively so that it comes out as a gestalt.

— Douglas Tompkins