Conservation Quotes

Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve.

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.

But we must take other steps, such as increasing conservation, developing an ethanol industry, and increasing CAFE standards if we are to make our country safer by cutting our reliance on foreign oil.

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison.

People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

Teapot Dome involved the conservation of the oil resources of the United States, especially those situated upon the public lands.

I came here to help make America more competitive and prosperous by developing an energy policy that increases conservation, promotes cleaner technologies, encourages development of renewables and enhances domestic production of gas and oil.

If you don't have an ethic of conservation, you basically have a license to drive a Hummer through the Amazon.

In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources.

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.

After 16 months of teaching, consulting, fellowship, and special project activities on matters ranging from conservation to healthcare to international trade, Gov. Ventura appointed me to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that.

In addition to the clean coal provisions, the energy conference agreement contains provisions instrumental in helping increase conservation and lowering consumption.

I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.

Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed?

I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute.

I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on.

True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them.

Conservation is an American value, and it is lacking from this bill.

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.

I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert.

This is the way federal land management should work. Cooperation, not confrontation, should be the hallmark of conservation efforts.

I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and conservation.

In addition, each barrel of oil we save through conservation further decreases our dangerous reliance on unstable Middle East oil.

What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.