Oliver Sykes Quotes

What was earth, we made into filth. We must at least be able to transform it back to earth.

We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time to ask some fundamental questions. How can we provide a dignified life for ourselves and future generations while preserving and protecting the global commons - the atmosphere, the oceans and the ecosystems that support us?

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

The eco-movement is growing as people all over catch on to the need to protect our precious planet, which makes the future look really bright - and makes me really happy.

President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and other natural resources. And one way of restoring the land to its natural condition is what we are doing here today - breaking pavement for the People's Garden.

Nature has provided us a spectacular toolbox. The toolbox exists. An architect far better and smarter than us has given us that toolbox, and we now have the ability to use it.

I'd like to provide information, inspiration, and access to whatever goods and services are needed to make it super easy for everyone to change their lifestyle to a sustainable one.

So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

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

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.

We achieved our mission to the moon. Let's look home from that lofty perch and reimagine our mission on Earth - that is what we need to do here. Together, we can upcycle everything. The world will be better for our positive visions and actions.

I wish we could launch a ground-breaking competition that motivates kids to invent new ideas in sustainable living.

Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.

My role is not to choose between safeguarding the economy and protecting the environment - it's about doing both.

My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

What we need to do is really improve energy efficiency standards, develop in full scale renewable and alternative energy and use the one resource we have in abundance, our creativity.

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

Helping people understand the impact of key environmental and human issues worldwide is something that I'm passionate about. CNN's 'Going Green' series of specials are engaging viewers around the world through important messages of conservation and hope.

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.

The first line in the first 'Gasland' is: 'I'm not a pessimist. I've always had a great deal of faith in people that we won't succumb to frenzy or rage or greed. That we'll figure out a solution without destroying the things that we love.' I have not lost that sense.

We've got to take care of the resources we have on this planet, because there's no resupply possible.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

Pollution is nothing but resources we're not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

It is not enough to celebrate the earth and all its inhabitants, we must restore what we have destroyed.