Amul Thapar Quotes

One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do sometimes take it for granted.

It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.

I like America's diversity and its landscapes.

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.

It's very important that we keep these special, wild places. It defines the United States. Imagine our country without our national parks and our monuments. Here in California, imagine if you didn't have in Southern Cal the Channel Islands or the great Highway 1, Big Sur up to Point Reyes up to the Redwood country.

Wisconsin's a special place.

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

In the hierarchy of public lands, national parks by law have been above the rest: America's most special places, where natural beauty and all its attendant pleasures - quiet waters, the scents of fir and balsam, the hoot of an owl, and the dark of a night sky unsullied by city lights - are sacrosanct.

I love a lot of Colorado and upper Utah. I think some of the most beautiful terrain is upper BC.

There is nothing so American as our national parks …. They are not just for rich people.

That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.

My father's a fanatic for national parks, and every childhood trip was pretty much to national parks.

With its beautiful shoreline and scenic trails, Indiana Dunes is a state treasure that deserves the recognition of a national park.

The United States has a long tradition of preserving the all-American outdoor experience, dating back to the days of President Theodore Roosevelt.

One of my favorite things about America is our breathtaking collection of national and state parks, many of which boast wonders the Psalmist would envy.

Each mountain in the Dolomites is like a piece of art.

To me, the Northwest is the best. The air, it feels cleaner. The people are so nice and caring. Every time I fly in on a plane, I say, 'I'm never leaving here.' It's just different. People who aren't from here don't get it. It just fits certain people.

Is there any nation on earth that has more natural attractions, from the scenic coastal towns of Maine to the volcanic islands of Hawaii and the natural beauty of our majestic national parks?

Utah is amazing, it's incredible because it's so big. There are so many places to drive. There are curves, straight bits; it's like Road Runner country, frankly.

The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good administration, of the value of natural beauty as a National asset, and of the effectiveness of outdoor life and recreation in the production of good citizenship.

National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst.

Colorado's majestic landscapes are one of our most valuable assets, and it's important that we work to preserve these treasures.

As President, I was able to save with the stroke of the pen a hundred million acres of wilderness area in Alaska. This is the kind of thing that is is gratifying to a President, but to be on a solitary stream with good friends, with a fly rod in your hand, and to have a successfull or even an unsuccessful day-they're all successful-is an even greater delight.

Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; he is a Kentuckian too.

Yosemite Park is a place of rest, a refuge from the roar and dust and weary, nervous, wasting work of the lowlands, in which one gains the advantages of both solitude and society.