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Quotes About Conservation

Time is running out for nature and wildlife around the world
~ Jennifer Morgan
Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again.
~ Ruth Ann Minner
Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with.
~ Thom Yorke
Every time you go to the zoo, you prolong the captivity of the animals there! If no one goes to the zoos, there will be no zoos! Destroying the evil is very simple and it is in your hand!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.
~ Nick Rahall
In cultivating human values, emphasis should also be placed on avoiding wastage of money, food and time.
~ Sathya Sai Baba
Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.
~ Gale Norton
I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses' plastic surgery.
~ Bette Midler
As climbers, we need to learn to be good stewards of the land and take care of these places where we are spending so much time.
~ Chris Sharma
When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwater explorer. I have many other people who inspired me after him, but he is still my all-time hero.
~ Enric Sala
There is this sweet spot in time when we have an opportunity to stop killing sharks and tunas and swordfish and other wildlife in the sea before it's too late.
~ Sylvia Earle
Noether's theorem fused together symmetries and conservation laws-these two giant pillars of physics are actually nothing but different facets of the same fundamental property.
~ Mario Livio
Politics and nationalism often play far greater roles than conservation in the decision-making process.
~ Mark Kurlansky
A world without fishing would be sad.
~ Mark Kurlansky
But as soon as paper started to be made from trees, concern shifted to the destruction of the forests.
~ Mark Kurlansky
Respect for the natural world is fundamental to Bhutan's spiritual identity. More than half the country is off-limits to development or timbering. A whopping 50 percent of Bhutan's GDP comes from hydropower.
~ Anthony Bourdain
Qué puede hacer una persona para ahorrar más agua? La respuesta me parece evidente: reducir el consumo de carne.
~ Anthony Robbins
Naturally, the system would have to be rigidly closed, recycling all food, air, and other expendables. But, of course, that's just how the Earth operates—on a slightly larger scale.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
No podemos sino atenernos a la conclusión de que en la vida psíquica la conservación de lo pretérito es la regla más bien que una curiosa excepción.
~ Sigmund Freud
The thing that struck me the most about all these letters was his love for the trees.
~ Silas House
By creating a park, and then providing jobs and salaries to local communities, we give economic incentives to people to protect what all of us surely want to preserve.
~ Simon Reeve
God created our autonomy so we would have the possibility of renouncing it for love. For that very reason we must desire to conserve the autonomy in our fellows.
~ Simone Weil
I recognize the need for technology that enriches life while preserving our natural environment. My goal is to stimulate productivity, but use technology to redeem, not to destroy our environment.
~ Gerald R. Ford
Plant more flowers than you pick
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.