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Quotes by Environmentalist
"The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying his wastes before releasing them."
Man,
32
"Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient."
32
"Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life."
32
"The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love."
32
"Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened during the whole time of my residence."
31
"A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality."
31
"Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies."
30
"Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature."
30
"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul."
30
"If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed."
29
"In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a healthy, happy world as soon as its children are taught the principles of simple and rational living."
28
"Heredity is nothing but stored environment."
28
"I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection."
27
"The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead."
26
"Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think."
24
"If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman."
24
"Within 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole by dog team. There will be too much open water."
24
"It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while."
24
"A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see."
22
"The joy of viewing land, the hope of in a few days ranging through the long wished-for spot and the pleasure of again resuming my wonted employment may be readily calculated."
12
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