Quotes About Preservation

Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.

Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.

When we walk upon Mother Earth, we always plant our feet carefully because we know the faces of our future generations are looking up at us from beneath the ground. we never forget them.

From the first, I regarded myself as under obligation to my country to preserve the faces of its historic men and mothers

I always appreciated the magnitude of my mother's imagination. She always saw beauty in what was broken, and she'd preserve it.

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

Not everything needs changing. Some things need protecting. And that can be just as important, challenging and rewarding as changing the world.

The conservationist¹s most important task, if we are to save the Earth, is to educate.

The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.

Wilderness. The word itself is music.

We've got to protect the music and make sure it never gets exploited.

If New Orleans is allowed to die, a crucial part of the world's music heritage will disappear.

The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive.

I'm not suggesting our music is the only music, but I am suggesting that there are certain elements in America's culture that are so precious that it would be a shame for them to go down the drain.

We are not apart from nature, we are a part of nature. And to betray nature is to betray us. To save nature is to save us.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

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

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

Wildlife is something which man cannot construct. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. Man can rebuild a pyramid, but he can't rebuild ecology, or a giraffe.

Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price

Nature always looks out for the preservation of the universe.

Wilderness itself is the basis of all our civilization. I wonder if we have enough reverence for life to concede to wilderness the right to live on?