Birthday Quote by W. S. Merwin

I have been brought up in an environment which was quite an exciting childhood.

— Emily Atack

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

— John le Carre

Growing up in Hawaii and spending every day in the ocean and outside surrounded by nature gave me a unique appreciation for the environment…

— Evan Mock

I started when I was 15 years old. And at that time, I was not thinking about changing the world, I was doing graffiti…

— JR

The first twenty years of my life were wasted. I didn't fit my environment, and I didn't know any other.

— Rose Wilder Lane

When I was about fifteen, I went to work at Yosemite National Park. It changed me forever. Nature had carved its own sculpture, and…

— Robert Redford

At the age of 12, my parents gave me a chemistry set for Christmas, and experimentation soon became a consuming passion in my life.

— John Vane

At first, my bedroom had flowers and yellow walls and huge furniture in plastic that was orange and green - and furry green bed…

— Tove Lo

I was always a girl who loved animals and cared about the environment - um, I totally recycled at home and turned the lights…

— Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.

— Marie Curie

As a boy I'd often spend my days biking on riverbeds and arroyos and come home exhausted. I realize now how much I took…

— Tom Hanks

I grew up in a very small house with five brothers and sisters and my parents, all with one little bathroom. And from as…

— John Varvatos