Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.

Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it.

If all humans disappeared today ,the earth would start improving tomorrow.If all the ants disappeared today ,the earth would start dying tomorrow.

Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things.

If one day I look out from my cabin's porch and see a row of windmills spinning in the distance, I won't curse them. I will praise them. It will mean we are finally getting somewhere.

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.

How you imagine the world determines how you live in it.

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases.

Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.

I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.

In my opinion, all boyfriends should turn out to be secretly wealthy.

I wanted to stand on the kind of holy ground that wasn't curated by church professionals, where a burning bush could blaze forth in defiance of safety regulations and outside of regular office hours.

Patience is the best medicine.

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

I'm as far away from technology as possible. But I like to be as present as possible.

I have always said I've had a big personality, and I've always said I'm a pushy broad, and I've always said I want to get things done.

There's the young Jon Voight and the old Jon Voight.

When you make a decision, you don't have to be locked into it. One of the ways that you grow is by starting over.

There's not a shirt and a half in all my company, and the half shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like a herald's coat without sleeves.