Dimitar Sasselov Quotes

We take immense care of our homes, maintain them, and try to make them more beautiful and comfortable for ourselves. Do we not consider our planet to be our home?

We have the world to live in on the condition that we will take good care of it. And to take good care of it, we have to know it. And to know it and to be willing to take care of it, we have to love it.

The earth is the only home that any of us have—so far, anyway.

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

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. Because the planet doesn't need to be saved. It doesn't care if all the squirrels, elephants, and trees die and there's just a couple of amoebas floating around at the poles.

I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest.

I love all of the Earth.

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

The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman.

Awareness is key. In the absence of information, none of us know what is happening and what could be jeopardizing our health, our water supply, and our planet.

We depend on nature to survive... it is our responsibility also to take care of our home, planet Earth.

We can see the weather change, that the birds don't come to the city anymore... we seriously have to think about preserving nature.

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

I think having toured the world and seeing many places, I've just been blown away by how we've really scarred our home. I'm as guilty as the next person if not more so. I travel a lot. The damage we do to our planet is huge.

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.

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.

The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves.

We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be.

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

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

The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature.

Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.