"We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces"
- Henry W. Kendall
About this Quote
This quote by Henry W. Kendall is a call to action for us to take immediate actions to attend to the environmental issues our planet is dealing with. He is stressing the seriousness of the situation and the need to act quickly in order to prevent additional damage to our planet. He is highlighting the reality that the rate of decay our world is facing is increasing and that we need to act now in order to avoid further destruction. He is prompting us to take responsibility for our planet and to take the needed actions to secure it. He is advising us that our world remains in threat and that we should act now in order to wait. He is contacting us to be proactive and to take the needed steps to guarantee the future of our world.
This quote is written / told by Henry W. Kendall between December 9, 1926 and February 15, 1999. He/she was a famous Scientist from USA.
The author also have 6 other quotes.
"Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that could support life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100 million planets that harbored life"
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small"
"Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero"
"I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being"
"We're looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects"
"All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all"
