Rob Halford Quotes

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.

I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.

I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.

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

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.

I think that I was slightly naive. I thought that if I showed people the beauty of the Arctic and the beauty of the polar bears that they would care so much that they would stand up and try to make a change.

I believe in the protection of the environment that supports us all.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.

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

With today's mass media obsession, it's good to be able to raise awareness about our environment.

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

This air we breathe is precious, and the glaciers helped me understand that and stay focused on that.

In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school.

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

We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.

The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.

The need to protect the environment has emerged as an undeniably important priority for me.

Our Earth is talking to us, and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive.

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

The Earth is a beautiful planet. The space station is a great vantage point to observe it and share our planet in pictures. It makes you more of an environmentalist.

I'm into environmental and ecological issues, so maybe that is an avenue to go down.

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.

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