Simon Toyne Quotes

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

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.

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.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

I think it's important to be kind to the world before it disappears if we don't take care of it.

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

If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won't be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick.

I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to.

Protecting our planet is a moral imperative.

Since the early 1990s, I had been very worried about the state of the environment, and by the end of that decade, I realized I needed to do something about it.

Our ecological emergency demands proactive choices, not reactive sideswipes.

We only have one earth. Let's take care of it.

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

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.

I travel all over the country speaking to young people, and I am always amazed at how engaged in environmental conservation they are.

We're busily wrecking the chances for future generations at a rapid rate of knots by not recognizing the damage we're doing to the natural environment, bearing in mind that this is the only planet that we know has any life on it.

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

The destruction of our environment and resources cannot be stemmed unless the growth of the world's population is stemmed and ultimately reduced.

The atmosphere, the earth, the water and the water cycle - those things are good gifts. The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts because we couldn't make them. We have to regard them as good gifts because we couldn't live without them.

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.

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.