Wildlife Quotes - Page 3

• The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Peace, Soulmate, Honesty

  The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 2

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• We humans still have a long way to go with learning to live harmoniously with our environment and its wildlife.

  Steve Irwin

  Long, Way, Environment

  Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin (2002). “The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin”, p.212, Penguin

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• The truth is that we will never save wildlife by killing it.

  Steve Irwin

  Truth Is, Killing, Killing It

  Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin (2002). “The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin”, p.211, Penguin

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• When economic modernizations come in, say goodbye to wildlife.

  Patrick Bergin

  Goodbye, Economic, Modernization

  "African Wildlife Foundation, Veronica Varekova and Patrick Bergin". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct

  Aldo Leopold

  Hunting, Hunters, Peculiar

  Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.178, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Few photographers have ever considered the photography of wild animals, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. The emphasis has generally been on capturing the drama of wild animals IN ACTION, on capturing that dramatic single moment, as opposed to simply animals in the state of being.

  Nick Brandt

  Photography, Art, Drama

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• The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.

  Alice Walker

  Spiritual, Believe, Animal

  Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction”, p.278, Hachette UK

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• I try to use photography to move people to action to save the wildlife in our beloved ocean.

  Tom Gruber

  Photography, Ocean, Moving

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  You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

  Harper Lee

  Powerful, Positivity, Sunshine

  Harold Bloom, Harper Lee (2010). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.81, Infobase Publishing

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• Where do we record the passing of wildlife? Who mourns the silent deaths of the small?

  O.R. Melling

  Records, Silent, Passing

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• The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive the 19th century sense of adventure and awe with which our forefathers greeted the American West. Many laws protecting environmental quality have promoted liberty by securing property against the destructive trespass of pollution. In our own time, the nearly universal appreciation of these preserved landscapes, restored waters, and cleaner air through outdoor recreation is a modern expression of our freedom and leisure to enjoy the wonderful life that generations past have built for us.

  Ronald Reagan

  Appreciation, Adventure, Past

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• I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Hair, Desert, Waste

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• The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife. To utilize them for present needs while insuring their preservation for future generations requires a delicately balanced and continuing program, based on the most extensive research. Their administration is not properly, and cannot be, a matter of politics.

  Rachel Carson

  Real, Lying, Water

  Rachel Carson (2011). “Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson”, p.99, Beacon Press

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• Can a growing human population still leave space for wildlife?

  David Attenborough

  Space, Population, Growing

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

  Steve Irwin

  Future, Believe, Apex Predators

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• My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.

  Joanna Lumley

  Mother, Dog, Believe

  "Joanna Lumley: Animals Are Just Like Us". Interview with Dan Mathews, www.peta.org. December 6, 2010.

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• Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

  Stephen Ambrose

  Rivers, Dams, Made

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• All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization.

  Gerald Durrell

  Writing, Civilization, Progress

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• When wildlife damages agriculture we eliminate the wildlife. Rather we should eliminate agriculture when it damages wildlife.

  James Cook

  Agriculture, Damage, Should

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• I grew up in the countryside, and I was obsessed with horses and wildlife.

  Bella Freud

  Horse, Obsessed, Grew Up

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• Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it.

  David Quammen

  Animal, Identity, Affair

  David Quammen (2012). “The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left.

  Jim Fowler

  Environmental, World, Littles

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• While it is important to maintain a balanced approach to solving our nation's energy problems, we must commit ourselves to recognize some areas as 'off limits,' and the Artic National Wildlife Reserve is a national symbol of that commitment.

  Ken Salazar

  Commitment, Important, Limits

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• My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

  Steve Irwin

  Passion, Television, Enthusiasm

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• I am really sobered by what's happening to ecosystems around our planet and to the wildlife that is to be found there.

  Jeff Corwin

  Ecosystems, Found, Planets

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