Rufus Wainwright Quotes

I try to be green as much as I can and it's hard. I feel like I'm never doing enough. [...] For me as an actor, there's only so many things I can do, and this is a way, through a film, to teach and hopefully get the message out to young kids.

My daughter's just going to be really hip! My goal is to be as eco-conscious as possible: There's so much out there for parents who want to do that. I plan to keep her eco-friendly as she gets older. I think we all sort of have to do it.

If we intend to provide a better life, and a better world, for future generations, we can't ignore the quality of the environment we leave them.

The future will belong to the nature-smart.

The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.

I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.

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

I think and hope there are far more people aware of the need to look after our future.

By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.

Everyone is slowly catching on to this one - and I know everyone says this - but we need to make a little more effort with the environment. Everyone says they turn off their lights, but do they really?

Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.'

Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's mind.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability.

I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

I can't think of anything more important than the environment we leave to our children and our children's children.

It's become more and more of a priority for me to tread as lightly as possible in the world.

Everything I do is the environment.

I want to show people that environmentalism can be fun!

The only thing that can save us as a species is seeing how we're not thinking about future generations in the way we live.

I wanted to help raise awareness, so I created an environmental foundation called Just Within Reach.

I make a fair amount of my food choices for environmental-type reasons than nutrition or taste. I'm trying to minimize impact, which is something most people don't necessarily think about when they're shopping.

You'll know the green revolution has been won when the word 'green' disappears.

We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.