Environment Quotes

Small: It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment
"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment"
Ansel Adams, Photographer
Small: I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed t
"I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn't be able to get away with"
Al Franken, Comedian
Small: My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England theres an environment
"My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this"
Kim Cattrall, Actress
Small: To get away from ones working environment is, in a sense, to get away from ones self and this is often the chi
"To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change"
Charles Horton Cooley, Sociologist
Small: I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows
"I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are"
Joseph Stiglitz, Economist
Small: The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run l
"The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture"
Lewis Mumford, Sociologist
Small: People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves
"People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves"
Robert Collier, Publisher
Small: We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happin
Maxwell Maltz
"We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve"
Maxwell Maltz, Scientist
Small: Its obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of lif
"It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt"
E. O. Wilson, Scientist
Small: If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existe
"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos"
E. O. Wilson, Scientist
Small: Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders
Galen Rowell
"Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders back to the people on the East Coast of America we have had a North American tradition of landscape photography used for the environment"
Galen Rowell, Photographer
Small: God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment pro
"God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture"
Richard Dawkins, Scientist
Small: I want to build a country where the environment is protected and where we prioritize sustainability
Volodymyr Zelensky
"I want to build a country where the environment is protected and where we prioritize sustainability"
Volodymyr Zelensky, President
Small: Its obvious that if youre going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about
"It's obvious that if you're going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment or their era that they're in and use as little or as much as necessary"
Cillian Murphy, Actor
Small: For the good of our environment, the good of the economy, and the good of the Nation, I strongly urge support
"For the good of our environment, the good of the economy, and the good of the Nation, I strongly urge support of the upper Mississippi locks and dams project"
Leonard Boswell, Politician
Small: I suspect that a substantial fraction of human problems in the world today, not just cults, result from the mi
"I suspect that a substantial fraction of human problems in the world today, not just cults, result from the mismatch between the current environment and the environment in which we evolved"
Keith Henson, Scientist
Small: Were going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things youve always expec
"We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer"
Ian Jackson, Scientist
Small: I have a 16 year-old son, so Im now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are s
"I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment"
Brandi Chastain, Athlete
Small: We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a heal
"We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live"
Jim Clyburn, Politician
Small: We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier e
"We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met"
Samuel Wilson, Public Servant
Small: When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered.
"When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack"
Gwen Moore, Politician
Small: The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the
"The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment"
Muhammed Iqbal, Poet
Small: Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement and when once born it mus
"Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge"
Muhammed Iqbal, Poet
Small: The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of
"The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order"
Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman
Small: Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction
"Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers"
Sarah Zettel, Author
Small: We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment
"We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment"
Helmut Jahn, Architect
Small: Because I come from that old-school optics environment, I know stuff about depth of field and camera movement
"Because I come from that old-school optics environment, I know stuff about depth of field and camera movement and things that are not necessarily a part of the curriculum for people who started on a box and have never done anything that wasn't on a box"
John Dykstra, Scientist
Small: I had been to New Mexico many times. I loved it. Its a very exotic, interesting, severely crazy environment. I
"I had been to New Mexico many times. I loved it. It's a very exotic, interesting, severely crazy environment. I don't know if I could live there all year. It's such an intense place"
Campbell Scott, Actor
Small: Its like this - these five members have been influenced of course by other groups, because thats where this ge
Alice Cooper
"It's like this - these five members have been influenced of course by other groups, because that's where this generation's groups came from - an environment like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and The Who. People like that"
Alice Cooper, Musician
Small: But I think you have to - whatever the environment looks like, it does enter into peoples art work one way or
Donald Judd
"But I think you have to - whatever the environment looks like, it does enter into people's art work one way or another; it's very remote or it isn't. It's remote in my work but it has to have a certain degree of ordinariness"
Donald Judd, Artist
Small: I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway
"I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway"
Gary Cole, Actor
Small: I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment
"I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment"
Pat Buckley, Clergyman
Small: Sacred spaces can be created in any environment
"Sacred spaces can be created in any environment"
Christy Turlington, Model
Small: I enjoy being recognized whatever environment Im in
"I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in"
Tony Curtis, Actor
Small: The nation will benefit in the long term if it continues to be open to foreign expertise. This will help the c
"The nation will benefit in the long term if it continues to be open to foreign expertise. This will help the country to establish its business culture and environment faster, based on international best practice"
Hassanal Bolkiah, Statesman
Small: I think some of the things I deal with Hopper probably has dealt with also, since its somewhat the same enviro
Donald Judd
"I think some of the things I deal with Hopper probably has dealt with also, since it's somewhat the same environment and I have pretty strong reactions to what this country looks like. It looks pretty dull and spare, and you like this and dislike it and it's very complicated"
Donald Judd, Artist
Small: We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and pr
Nong Duc Manh
"We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive wars, the environment and natural resources are also being destroyed by human hands"
Nong Duc Manh, Politician
Small: Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy
"Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy"
John Baldacci, Politician
Small: Since this was the first and only series I had ever produced, I was unaware of what the Normal environment was
Joe Murray
"Since this was the first and only series I had ever produced, I was unaware of what the "Normal" environment was for a studio. I tried to run it as I did in my SF studio"
Joe Murray, Artist
Small: I also assume that they are not simply the physical properties of things as now conceived by physical science.
"I also assume that they are not simply the physical properties of things as now conceived by physical science. Instead, they are ecological, in the sense that they are properties of the environment relative to an animal"
James J. Gibson, Psychologist