Conservation Priority Quotes

We must be vigilant in protecting Nevada's outdoor heritage and make this a top priority.

We should be afraid of sharks half as much as sharks should be afraid of us.

At the end of the day, no amount of investing, no amount of clean electrons, no amount of energy efficiency will save the natural world if we are not paying attention to it - if we are not paying attention to all the things that nature give us for free: clean air, clean water, breathtaking vistas, mountains for skiing, rivers for fishing, oceans for sailing, sunsets for poets, and landscapes for painters. What good is it to have wind-powered lights to brighten the night if you can't see anything green during the day? Just because we can't sell shares in nature doesn't mean it has no value.

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

Humans regard animals as worthy of protection only when they are on the verge of extinction.

The only thing left worth saving is wilderness.

I see the day in our own lifetime that reverence for the natural systems, the oceans, the rainforests, the soil, the grasslands, and all other living things will be so strong that no narrow ideology based upon politics or economics will overcome it.

What we should be doing is saving habitats, not single species, no matter what their cuteness factor.

People can't get their heads round the idea of a species surviving; you know, they're more concerned about how you treat a donkey in Sicily or something.

Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of our environment

I fully support the goal of species protection and conservation and believe that recovery and ultimately delisting of species should be the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's top priority under ESA.

Nature will take precedence over the needs of the modern man.

One cannot take natural resources for granted just to entertain viewers.

I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.

To take care of the environment, we must first take care of the environmentalist.

An old-growth forest, a mountain range or a river valley is more important and certainly more loveable than any country will ever be.

The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.

Greenlanders' heart is the environment. You can't sell your heart for oil.

I am not against development, but society will go nowhere if you don't take care of trees.

Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.

I think people who worry about planetary health on geological scales are totally misguided, that's not the point at all.