Famous quotes by Environmentalists

Small: A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the worlds nations toward savin
Donella Meadows
"A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor
Donella Meadows
"A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor"
Donella Meadows, Environmentalist
Small: Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic
"Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic"
John Ray, Environmentalist
Small: Beauty is power a smile is its sword
"Beauty is power; a smile is its sword"
John Ray, Environmentalist
Small: Industry is fortunes right hand, and frugality its left
"Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left"
John Ray, Environmentalist
Small: Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there
"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there"
John Ray, Environmentalist
Small: Never meet trouble half-way
"Never meet trouble half-way"
John Ray, Environmentalist
Small: Misery loves company
"Misery loves company"
John Ray, Environmentalist
Small: Diseases are the tax on pleasures
"Diseases are the tax on pleasures"
John Ray, Environmentalist
Small: Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time
"Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time"
John Ray, Environmentalist
Small: In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love
"In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love"
John Ray, Environmentalist
Small: When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us
"Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world
"To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creations braggart lords
"There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: The power of imagination makes us infinite
"The power of imagination makes us infinite"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: The mountains are calling and I must go
"The mountains are calling and I must go"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual
"The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: Take a course in good water and air and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alo
"Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: One may as well dam for water tanks the peoples cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been co
"One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: Keep close to Natures heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in t
"Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they tra
"I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: Climb the mountains and get their good tidings
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branche
"A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for peopl
"We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive"
Aldo Leopold, Environmentalist
Small: We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect"
Aldo Leopold, Environmentalist
Small: Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of building receptivity i
"Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of building receptivity into the still unlovely human mind"
Aldo Leopold, Environmentalist