Environment Quotes - Page 4

• The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows.

  Paul Samuelson

  Hands, Survival, Elbows

  Paul Anthony Samuelson (1973). “The Samuelson sampler”

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• We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Sea, Land, Environmental

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.38, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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  One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?

  Rachel Carson

  Motivational, Change, Gratitude

  Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.24, Open Road Media

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• Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle.

  Pope John Paul II

  Inspiring, Earth Day, Environmental

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• The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind.

  Gaylord Nelson

  Life, Nature, Fate

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• If you ask me, it'd be little short of disastrous for us to discover a source of clean, cheap, abundant energy because of what we would do with it.

  Amory Lovins

  Energy, Littles, Clean

  "Amory Lovins: Energy Analyst and Environmentalist". The Plowboy Interview, www.motherearthnews.com. November/December 1977.

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• Our house is burning down and we are blind to it. The earth and humankind are in danger and we are all responsible. It is time to open our eyes. Alarms are sounding across all continents. We cannot say we did not know! Climate warming is still reversible. Heavy would be the responsibility of those who refuse to fight it.

  Jacques Chirac

  Eye, Responsibility, Fighting

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• Pollution should never be the price of prosperity.

  Al Gore

  Prosperity, Pollution, Climate Change

  "Bush, Gore Duel Over Energy Policy" by Carter M. Yang, abcnews.go.com.

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• One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!

  Jane Goodall

  Individual Effort, Differences, Making A Difference

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• The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too. The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. You have already learned from the river that it is good to strive downwards, to sink, to seek the depths.

  Hermann Hesse

  Rivers, Depth, Taught

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.80, Om Books International

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• Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem.

  Douglas Coupland

  Ecosystems, Body, Your Body

  Douglas Coupland (2011). “The Gum Thief: A Novel”, p.75, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• It is possible to deal with the entire environment as a work of art.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Art, Works Of Art, Deals

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• The earth has music for those who listen.

  George Santayana

  Music, Encouragement, Art

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  They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

  Andy Warhol

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.124, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A good director creates an environment which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

  Kevin Bacon

  Encouragement, Giving, Acting

  "Tim Robbins And Kevin Bacon Discuss Mystic River". Interview with Fred Topel, www.ign.com. October 10, 2013.

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• The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.

  Cyrano de Bergerac

  Nature, Thinking, Men

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• How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

  John Burroughs

  Beauty, Beautiful, Nature

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• Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.

  Noam Chomsky

  Teacher, School, Opportunity

  Noam Chomsky (2010). “The Chomsky Reader”, p.149, Pantheon

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• Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?

  Neil Gaiman

  Dog, Fun, People

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• Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Teamwork, Men, Self

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.165, Vintage

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• It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

  Henrik Ibsen

  Fun, Animal, Political

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• Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes!

  Paul MacCready

  Grandchildren, Environmental, Society

  "Paul MacCready Interview: Toward A Rational Use of Energy". Interview With Richard Freudenberger, www.motherearthnews.com. September/October 1981.

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• If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

  Jacques Barzun

  Future, Civilization, Vision

  Jacques Barzun (1959). “The House of Intellect”

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• Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful.

  Jane Goodall

  Home, Successful, Way

  "The Discover Interview: Jane Goodall". Interview with Virginia Morell, discovermagazine.com. March 28, 2007.

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• Butterflies may be better indicators of the health of our environment than birds.

  Roger Tory Peterson

  Health, Butterfly, Science

  George H. Harrison, Roger Tory Peterson (1976). “Roger Tory Peterson's Dozen Birding Hot Spots”, Simon & Schuster

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