Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quotes

There is always the need to carry on.

There are no other Everglades in the world.

There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them.

All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.

You have to stand up for some things in this world.

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds.

Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.

I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat.

The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.

Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades.

No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk.

Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.

There is nothing inherently wrong with a brain in your nineties. If you keep it fed and interested, you'll find it lasts you very well.

Conservation is now a dead word.

You can't conserve what you haven't got.

It is a woman's business to be interested in the environment. It's an extended form of housekeeping.

I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.

It's a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.

I'm just a tough old woman.

I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.

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

No one is satisfied with their life's work.

I believe that life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.