Environmental Quotes - Page 11

From the creation learn to admire thy Lord! And if any of the things thou see exceed thy comprehension, and thou are not able to find the reason thereof, yet for this glorify the Creator, that the wisdom of these works surpass thine understanding.

It is essential that we take steps to prevent chemical substances from becoming environmental hazards. Unless we develop better methods to assure adequate testing of chemicals, we will be inviting the environmental crisis of the future.

There is no doubt that we live in an age of unprecedented, and sometimes terrifying, technological advance where the speed of advance so often outstrips the necessary ethical considerations.

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.

We are unconscious of most of our body's processes, thank goodness, because we'd screw it up if we weren't. The human body is so complex, with so many parts...a system which is far more complex than we can fully imagine. The idea that we are consciously care-taking such a large and mysterious system is ludicrous.

Humanity's greatest challenge may soon be just making it to the next harvest.

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.

I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.

I've had it for about 13 years, and I don't see any reason to change, I find that the violin just keeps responding really well. It changes itself every year; it ages, it goes through all these different environmental changes, and of course, the travelling...It develops on its own, just as any performer does. It's a very stable instrument, so I can rely on it, but at the same time it always shows me a different side of things than I expect.

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

33% of urban traffic is actively seeking a parking space.

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place!

There are many ways to salvation, and one of them is to follow a river.

Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we need to design out waste...third, we must begin to decarbonise our energy supply

What changed in the United States with Hurricane Katrina was a feeling that we have entered a period of consequences.

I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.

I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it's something that I can't help.

Militarism is in direct competition with people's needs for food, health care, and environmental protection.

What a country chooses to save is what a country chooses to say about itself.

We must return to nature and nature's god.

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw.

The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.

A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.

When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done!