Quotes on Conservation

The law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it.

At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes-an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.

We know that when we protect our oceans we're protecting our future.

Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does something or does not do something.

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.

For God's sake, be economical with your lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man's blood was spilled for it.

Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us.

Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.

Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.