David Suzuki Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary.”

“The true - the true economy has got to come back into balance with the very biosphere that sustains us. And I think a lot of people just see the green economy as a different way of allowing the corporate agenda to continue to flourish.”

“I read in 'Life' magazine that Asians had developed an operation to enlarge eyes, and I yearned to have this done. I wanted to dye my hair brown and to anglicize my name. Self-hate was the most terrible cost of the war years for me.”

“Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.”

“Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.”

“Being an environmentalist isn't all about doom and gloom.”

“Geothermal can be a huge source of energy very quickly.”

“What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?”

“The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past. But because we invented the idea of a future, we're the only animal that realized we can affect the future by what we do today.”

“Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it.”