Quotes About Nature

We do a lot of bird-watching up in the country, but we almost never have a chance to people-watch. There simply aren't enough human beings up here: there is nowhere you can park yourself with a cup of coffee and observe the species on parade.

When I think about life on Earth, there should not be a species like us. And if there was, we should be out in the jungle killing each other in small groups. That's what you should expect.

Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.

Discovering new species is a passion. A day without collecting plants is painful for me.

What we should be doing is saving habitats, not single species, no matter what their cuteness factor.

If you don't have manufactured items or anything we think of as 'civilization,' then you're living according to your species.

When we settled our country, the dark forest was considered in some ways evil and something that you needed to plow or, later, bulldoze. We now have a new understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the need for bird flyways and why all species matter.

Every species has its pub.

Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.

The reality of our world today is not every species can be left in the wild.

When a cocker spaniel bites, it does so as a member of its species; it is never anything but a dog. When a pit bull bites, it does so as a member of its breed. A pit bull is never anything but a pit bull.

There are some species, one was the Goliath Tigerfish, that took me six years to track down and catch.

Cannes or any other major festival is basically an animal in its own nature, creating very specific perceptions of films in a moment.

The cardones cactus is very similar to saguaro cactus in Arizona. These cacti only grow in very specific, particular places.

For me, character comes from a specific condition or situation. I cannot really define a character outside that situation.

Several of my books are 'How to' guides, specifically about getting outdoors, giving kids and parents ideas for what to do in the wild world, so they can take them along!

I am called an environmentalist a lot. But I don't necessarily identify with that word specifically, because of the compartmentalization of the so-called environmental movement.

For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than themselves. That feeling of awe, of going to a cathedral, it's all about feeling lost in something bigger than oneself. To me, that's the definition of spectacle.

In the rush of today's world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and less connected with the spectacle of nature.

Going through the redwood forests was the most spectacular motorcycling.

The night sky, seen from a deserted foothold where no man-made light shines, is more spectacular than any giant cinema screen could ever display.

Please get on an airplane or a horse, because it's pretty spectacular.

The thing about a plant is, let's say it will have 50 or 100 little points of bright red. If you look at the thing as it goes down, it becomes green in a way... It is way more spectacular than pointillist paintings where these things are played with, but never to the level of what happens in nature.

As an actor, I'm always critical watching others; it's just the nature of the beast. For me, any performance that doesn't cause my ego to say, 'I can do that' really signifies that it's spectacular.