Everglades Quote by Marjorie Stoneman Douglas

The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

“I breathe in the fine mist from the water, the scents of loam and clotted river grass.”

— Holly Black

It is a fact that scientists have deposited dye in certain lakes around Orlando and tracked the effluent to Florida Bay. There is a…

— Anonymous

Usually when people think about Florida, they think about Miami. I like to highlight the rougher part of Florida, which is the swamp and…

— Doechii

Perhaps the spirit of the Everglades was most evident in the unseen, the hidden, the implied.

— T. J. MacGregor

The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The central part of the state is more remote and less scenic, and there's a huge agricultural belt that stretches from the south of…

— Carl Hiaasen

There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

“We humans have a questionable track record in our dealings with the environment. Recent studies show that complete restoration of Florida’s Everglades could take…

— Tommy Rodriguez

I'm a freaking princess when it comes to other people's feelings. Yo dogbreath, get your paws of the everglades. -Max

— James Patterson

“The Everglades was the only place on earth where alligators (broad snout, fresh water, darker skin) and crocodiles (pointy snout, salt water, toothy grin)…

— Michael Grunwald

There are no other Everglades in the world.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

“The Everglades are dying. Nearly half of their 4 million acres have been swallowed up by sprawl and sugarcane. Almost 70 plant and animal…

— Steven Kotler

Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas