Wildlife Conservation Quotes - Page 2

• Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of the wolf.

  Aldo Leopold

  Long, Mountain, Conservation

  Aldo Leopold (1968). “A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There”, p.118, Oxford University Press

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• We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.

  Aldo Leopold

  Respect, Nature, Community Living

  Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.8, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

  E. O. Wilson

  Nature, Renaissance, Gains

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• We are the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.

  Wallace Stegner

  Nature, Effort, Might

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  We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

  Aldo Leopold

  Inspiring, Respect, Nature

  A Sand County Almanac foreword (1949)

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• The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

  Rachel Carson

  Nature, Zoos, Ocean

  Rachel Carson (2002). “Silent Spring”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Ocean, Air, Aquariums

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• I feel like I'm nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them.

  Bindi Irwin

  Nature, Stars, Awkward

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• I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.

  Steve Irwin

  Future, Believe, Apex Predators

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• Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us to restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of these unborn generations. The movement for the conservation of wildlife and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Generations, Minorities, Purpose

  Theodore Roosevelt (2010). “The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places”, p.359, Cambria Press

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• To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.

  Aldo Leopold

  Nature, Travel, Imagination

  Aldo Leopold (2013). “Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)”, p.209, Library of America

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• I fully support the goal of species protection and conservation and believe that recovery and ultimately delisting of species should be the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's top priority under ESA.

  Dennis Cardoza

  Nature, Believe, Recovery

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• The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.

  Rachel Carson

  War, Civilization, Losing

  Rachel Carson (2002). “Silent Spring”, p.99, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

  Gil Scott-Heron

  Nature, Men, Lakes

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• My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

  Steve Irwin

  Passion, Television, Enthusiasm

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