Environmental Quotes

"Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth."

"The environment is everything that isn't me."

"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment."

"What have we achieved in mowing down mountain ranges, harnessing the energy of mighty rivers, or moving whole populations about like chess pieces, if we ourselves remain the same restless, miserable, frustrated creatures we were before? To call such activity progress is utter delusion. We may succeed in altering the face of the earth until it is unrecognizable even to the Creator, but if we are unaffected wherein lies the meaning?"

"We must return to nature and nature's god."

"Property owners should not be punished for being good environmental stewards, yet that is exactly what the ESA does."

"It's the single greatest environmental threat that little is being done about."

"Instead of just spending it on a general fund, let's redirect these monies back to environmental funds."

"Any parcel on water that is being sold is a potential for environmental problems."

"The evidence is stacking up that indicates it is not environmental,"

"The Environmental Protection Fund is a national model and it's something New Yorkers should be proud of."

"The evidence is stacking up that indicates it is not environmental."

"I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself."

"Modern man's capacity for destruction is quixotic evidence of humanity's capacity for reconstruction. The powerful technological agents we have unleashed against the environment include many of the agents we require for its reconstruction."

"A number of us have worked on Mississippi River issues for a long time. Support for a lock and dam issue is critical for an area like Burlington, especially to do it in such a way that there is respect for environmental issues, too. We're hopeful this year that we're going to get a major Mississippi River initiative passed."

"If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed [and] if we are not willing [to change], we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect."

"The drums are where we initially placed them and have not leaked into the soil."

"A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate."

"After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital."

"All is connected... no one thing can change by itself."