Scott Kelly Quotes

It's a war, I think, to save the planet, really, from ourselves.

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.

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.

The environment, stabilizing the climate, needs urgent attention from all of us.

For the unions, it is simple. There are no jobs on a dead planet.

Comprehensive climate legislation must be passed so that we can ensure a world where this and future generations can experience the bliss of breathing clean crisp air, while fishing in the Adirondacks... and being able to eat the fish afterwards.

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.

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

I'm a radical environmentalist; I think the sooner we asphyxiate in our own filth, the better. The world will do better without us. Maybe some fuzzy animals will go with us, but there'll be plenty of other animals, and they'll be back.

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

If nature were a bank, they would have already rescued it.

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

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

Well they do have a use, but we should never believe that any international conference is going to suddenly solve problems like the condition of the global environment.

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.

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.

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.

When I was a kid, we never heard of smog, ozone depletion, acid rain, green house gasses.

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

There are real and growing dangers to our simple and most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we bring, and the land which sustains us.... If we do not act, the world of the year 2000 will be much less able to sustain life than it is now.

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.

Reducing and removing greenhouse gas emissions spares our planet from the well-documented degradation that we are witnessing on a global basis.

Since sixth grade, I've been learning that the climate is deteriorating and the planet is dying, and it is up to us to keep our planet safe.