Paul Watson Quotes

The planet will get better; it's us that won't be here because we'll destroy the environment.

Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.

Everywhere people are at work to build a better world in which we - and some of the beauty of this world - will be guaranteed to survive. Everywhere they are at war with the forces threatening us and the planet.

I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is just using up all of our natural resources like a bunch of insane people. That's what I worry about more than I worry about jazz.

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.

I think its time to change and balance the environment and growth. If we don't do that, we're going to suffer a hard landing one day very soon.

We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're dealing with here.

I've long believed the environmental issue is an economic issue and a political issue. The three are entwined. You can't build prosperity on any basis other than a long-term basis, and you can't do that if you don't have a healthy environment.

We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we're trying to save.

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

Because we're not in harmony with the environment, we're destroying the environment that supports us.

I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.

The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable.

The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned.

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.

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view.

You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet.

The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

You can print money to bail out a bank, but you can't print life to bail out a planet.

The future will either be green or not at all.

I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.

How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.