Sylvia Earle Quotes

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.

We haven't seen the turning point yet, but we're sticking to our bottom line, for the environment and the health of the country.

I'm into environmental and ecological issues, so maybe that is an avenue to go down.

I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.

Even in America, people have said again and again that they would be willing to sacrifice for a cleaner environment.

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part the environment isn't changing.

I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.

We must conserve our environment and pass it on to our children in as good or better condition than it was passed to us.

Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.

Everyone knows the link between the environment and their own health.

And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.

I think it's important to be kind to the world before it disappears if we don't take care of it.

Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.

Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere.

We're busily wrecking the chances for future generations at a rapid rate of knots by not recognizing the damage we're doing to the natural environment, bearing in mind that this is the only planet that we know has any life on it.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

I love all of the Earth.

This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.

Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.

Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers. We are all equally responsible for protecting them.

I believe the American people care a lot about the environment.