You'll find people where their conditions aren't changing in any way, its rather rare for them to be happy.

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.

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

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.

a trauma that breaks you into brand new pieces.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

If you sense there must be more, there is more.

E'er you remark another's sin, bid your own conscience look within.

Writers have superpowers.

I hear the mournful wail of millions!

Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up.

Hollywood desires money but they could not stand the political content.

I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning.

I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.