Conservation Quotes - Page 18

• There is a conservation of matter and of energy, there may be a conservation of life; or if not of life, of something which transcends life.

  Oliver Lodge

  Life, Science, Energy

  Sir Oliver Lodge (1918). “Christopher: A Study in Human Personality”, London : Cassell

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• People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and its insistence upon their holiness. But that delight-in, say, the final chapters of Job or the 104th Psalm-is far more useful to the cause of conservation than the undifferentiating abstractions of science... Reverence gives standing to creatures, and to our perception of them, just as the law gives standing to a citizen.

  Wendell Berry

  Jobs, Animal, Law

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• And I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel. Every act of energy conservation like this is more than just common sense-I tell you it is an act of patriotism.

  Jimmy Carter

  Common Sense, Car, Alternatives

  Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence, delivered 15 July, 1979

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• I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we tell the world we couldn't care less about climate change, that we feel entitled to drive whatever big cars we feel like, that we feel entitled to consume however much oil we like, the message we send is that a war for oil in the gulf is not a war to protect the world's right to economic survival-but our right to indulge. Now that will be seen as immoral.

  Thomas Friedman

  Real, War, Oil

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• And so when we talk about intangible values remember that they cannot be separated from the others. The conservation of waters, forests, soils, and wildlife are all involved with the conservation of the human spirit. The goal we all strive toward is happiness, contentment, the dignity of the individual, and the good life. This goal will elude us forever if we forget the importance of the intangibles.

  Sigurd F. Olson

  Good Life, Elude Us, Water

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• Conservation is not merely a question of morality, but a question of our own survival.

  Dalai Lama

  Survival, Morality

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2004). “Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World”, p.55, Parallax Press

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• The Catholic hierarchy has become more conservative. What we don't know is whether [Catholic voters] will become increasingly conservative, or .. stay swing voters.

  John Green

  Swings, Catholic, Voters

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• For conservation to be successful it is necessary to take into consideration that it is a characteristic of man that he can only be relied upon to do anything consistently which is in his own interest.

  Prince Philip

  Successful, Men, Humanity

  Speech at the World Wildlife Fund: British National Appeal Banquet, London, 1962. "The Environmental Revolution: Speeches on Conservation, 1962-77", 1978.

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• People are voting for Conservatives in greater numbers, but it's not translating into Conservative seats.

  Allan Gregg

  Numbers, People, Voting

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• Recently, the administration has rejected conservation attempts like more accurate fuel mileage for cars and bipartisan proposals for reducing our dependence on foreign oil by a million barrels a day.

  Maria Cantwell

  Oil, Car, Rejection

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• I think a portfolio standard should go beyond wind, solar and geothermal energy to include renewable energy like hydropower and clean alternatives such as coal gasification, clean coal, nuclear energy and, finally, credits for achieving new levels of efficiency and conservation.

  Pete Domenici

  Thinking, Wind, Energy

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• What people need to do is conserve what they have, .. There is a supply out there; we just need to conserve it. Going up and loading up your tank is not going to do that much. It's just going to deplete the supply, and the problem will eventually catch up to you.

  Mike Easley

  People, Tanks, Needs

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• As one of the nation's top agricultural states, Nebraska has a great opportunity to provide input that will help shape the 2007 Farm Bill, .. This legislation will help determine commodity price supports, priorities with regard to conservation programs, as well as rural development, renewable energy and beginning farmer initiatives for several years to come.

  Dave Heineman

  Opportunity, Years, Agriculture

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• It is somewhat perplexing that fellow Republicans would attack a popular conservative governor of a very conservative state whose overwhelming re-election proved a conservative philosophy can erase the gender gap and attract a record number of minority voters while remaining true to conservative principles.

  Karen Hughes

  Philosophy, Numbers, Gender Gap

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• This is a very, very conservative judge who in his dissenting opinions is overwhelmingly likely to be more conservative than the majority.

  Cass Sunstein

  Judging, Majority, Conservative

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• I think a lot of people in the Conservative party came from other parties. There wouldn't be a Conservative party today if people hadn't come from other parties.

  Tim Powers

  Party, Thinking, People

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• The global conservation organisations are doing everything they can on modest budgets. They essentially promote setting aside reserves and parks around the world.

  E. O. Wilson

  World, Modest

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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