Famous Quotes

Points to ponder and words to live by. Here are some quotes that I have sorted through and thought to share.
Enjoy!



A society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy. --John Sawhill


The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.
-- Leonardo Da Vinci


I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.
-- Ellen DeGeneres


When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.
-- Ingrid Newkirk






Nature does nothing uselessly.
-- Aristotle (384-322 BC)


In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
-- Aristotle


A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children.
--John James Audubon


The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong. To be alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us human. To damage this community is to diminish our own existence.
 --Thomas Berry

The earth is what we all have in common.
--Wendell Berry

 We’re never going to have respectful and reverential relationships with the planet- and sensible policies about what we put in the air, the soil, the water if very young children don’t begin learning about these things literally in their houses, backyards, streets and schools. We need to have human beings who are oriented that way from their earliest memories.”
-- Elise Boulding

Our children may save us if they are taught to care properly for the planet; but if not, it may be back to the Ice Age or the caves from where we first emerged. Then we'll have to view the universe above from a cold, dark place. No more jet skis, nuclear weapons, plastic crap, broken pay phones, drugs, cars, waffle irons, or television. Come to think of it, that might not be a bad idea.
--Jimmy Buffet

I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict (between environmental quality and economic growth), I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
--Jimmy Carter

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. --Albert Einstein

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.--Oscar Wilde

I truly believe that individuals can make a difference in society. Since periods of change such as the present one come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.-- Dalai Lama