Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad or an economist

No one will protect what they don't care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced.

The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.

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

What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet.

The World is full of wonders, but they become more Wonderful, not less Wonderful when Science looks at them.

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew what was happening to the world and did nothing.

Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of responsibility to safeguard it.

I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.

Laughing made me feel safe. I was not going to be enveloped by the seediness that coated this world like dust.

There's no such thing as complete when it comes to stories. Stories are infinite. They are as infinite as worlds.

Christ was made man that we might be made God.

For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.

When Javy Baez goes out there, man, you saw him before the game sitting on the bench, saw him waving into the camera, he's just being himself. I love that.

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

I was trying to control myself because I wanted to just park the car and jump out and do cartwheels. The next dream is to win the world championship.

I'm like a backward berry, Unripened on the vine, For all my friends are fifty, And I'm only forty-nine.

If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.