Quotes of Preservation - somelinesforyou

“ JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish. ”

- Aldo Leopold

“ We have so many labor-saving devices today that we go broke keeping them repaired. Everything is easier, but requires greater maintenance. ”

- Lorne Sanny

“ Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own. ”

- James Russell Lowell

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

- Dirk Kempthorne

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

- Gifford Pinchot

“ There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative. ”

- Eric Hoffer

“ The purpose of conservation: the greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time. ”

- Gifford Pinchot

“ Conservation is a foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forest, waters, lands and minerals, for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time. ”

- Gifford Pinchot

“ Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse. ”

- Seneca

“ Stewart Udall, more than any other single person, was responsible for reviving the national commitment to conservation and environmental preservation. ”

- Bruce Babbitt

“ Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of coal and permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power. ”

- Jimmy Carter

“ As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them. ”

- Louis Bromfield

“ Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Conservatism is the maintenance of conventions already in force. ”

- Thorstein Veblen

“ Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources. ”

- J. D. Hayworth

“ Frugality without creativity is deprivation. ”

- Amy Dacyczyn

“ The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ 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. ”

- Theodore Roosevelt

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

- Adlai E. Stevenson

“ For the first time, the cost of the conservation and efficiency tax incentives exceeds the incentives for domestic oil production. ”

- Pete Domenici

“ We'd like to see them improve and I believe that (China) would, too,... The question is if we can find ways to do it that are comfortable from both nations' standpoint. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ People are not going to love you unless you love them. ”

- Pat Carroll

“ The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture. ”

- Gaylord Nelson

“ Frugality is for the vulgar. ”

- Francois Rabelais

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

- Gifford Pinchot

“ Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day. ”

- Gifford Pinchot

“ For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal. ”

- Carl Bernstein

“ Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good. ”

- Gifford Pinchot

“ The meeting wrapped up with the agreement of the group that all the conservation practices that we had last year be offered again for the 2006 program. ”

- Tom Holt
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