Wildlife famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I grew up in the countryside, and I was obsessed with horses and wildlife.
-- Bella Freud -
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.
-- Dan Lipinski -
The whole concept of 'wild' was decidedly European, one not shared by the original inhabitants of this continent. What we called 'wilderness' was to the Indian a homeland, 'abiding loveliness' in Salish or Piegan. The land was not something to be feared or conquered, and 'wildlife' were neither wild nor alien; they were relatives.
-- Doug Peacock -
Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the wildlife you hunt and for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person.
-- Fred Bear -
My interest in wildlife began early and I don't know how early because it's the only thing I've ever been interested in. I've always had a certain curiosity, a certain wonder about the natural world. I like to be outdoors.
-- George Schaller -
It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists.
-- Jane Goodall -
Time is running out for nature and wildlife around the world
-- Jennifer Morgan -
I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife.
-- Jim Fowler -
There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.
-- John F. Kennedy -
I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.
-- Little Richard -
Wilderness without wildlife is just scenery.
-- Lois Crisler -
Wildlife is decreasing in the jungles, but it is increasing in the towns.
-- Mahatma Gandhi -
For years, I never knowingly went on a holiday. When I travelled, it was for work. Now I am a huge advocate, particularly to places which have amazing wildlife, such as Antarctica, India and Patagonia.
-- Miranda Richardson -
All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography.
-- Nigel Dennis -
I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.
-- Nigel Dennis -
Where do we record the passing of wildlife? Who mourns the silent deaths of the small?
-- O.R. Melling -
Habitat for wildlife is continually shrinking - I can at least provide a way station.
-- Peter Coyote -
Wildlife of the world is disappearing... simply because of a general and widespread ignorance and neglect
-- Prince Philip -
I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.
-- Ricky Schroder -
Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.
-- Stephen Ambrose -
If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.
-- Steve Irwin -
My job, my mission, the reason I’ve been put onto this planet, is to save wildlife. And I thank you for comin’ with me. Yeah, let’s get 'em!
-- Steve Irwin -
I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.
-- Steve Irwin -
We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.
-- Steve Irwin -
We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us.
-- Steve Irwin -
I have a deep-seated respect for parrots. As gifted as I am with all other wildlife, parrots have this uncanny desire to kill me. I'm not sure why, but they're like my kryptonite!
-- Steve Irwin -
Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior.
-- Steve Irwin -
I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it's something that I can't help.
-- Steve Irwin -
The truth is that we will never save wildlife by killing it.
-- Steve Irwin -
We humans still have a long way to go with learning to live harmoniously with our environment and its wildlife.
-- Steve Irwin -
When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
-- Sylvia Earle -
Until the day comes when the senseless killing ends, we will all have to fight like wildlife warriors to protect our precious planet.
-- Terri Irwin -
You completely rediscovered & relived everything to do with wildlife.
-- Terri Irwin -
The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.
-- Theodore Roosevelt -
I have a love for astronomy; Aruna, my wife, and I love travelling, so whenever we get an opportunity, we set off to explore places that have tickled our interest. We are also wildlife enthusiasts.
-- Viswanathan Anand -
I love travelling and going on wildlife safaris. I have an interest in astronomy. I like reading on current affairs, business and science. I love doing nothing if I can help it.
-- Viswanathan Anand -
We are all consumers of wildlife. We may not realize it but there's probably something in your home or something you own that came from wildlife.
-- Allen Crawford -
In addition to tourism, it is essential to employ other ways to benefit more from the use of natural resources than from their destruction - from wildlife breeding operations to - yes - hunting of abundant species where viable.
-- David Jeremiah Barron -
I woke up and was walking on a mountain, and I thought, "What's the worst thing that humans could do to the planet? Make it uninhabitable for humans and kill wildlife."
-- Eyvind Kang -
It is our responsibility to help wildlife adapt to a changing climate.
-- Nikhil Advani -
In most of the world, we have only small remnants of the wildlife that once existed. Africa has the most astonishing wildlife still.
-- Patrick Bergin -
There's no space for wildlife; the humans are crowding them out.
-- Patrick Bergin -
A lot of African wildlife is very big. If you're protecting the big stuff, you're usually protecting the small stuff, too.
-- Patrick Bergin -
Helping Africans navigate the transition to modernity with a huge, wonderful wildlife resource still intact.
-- Patrick Bergin -
When economic modernizations come in, say goodbye to wildlife.
-- Patrick Bergin -
We are all going to die. When it happens in such a drastic, inhuman way, which we've been seeing in Africa, this is crime on its highest level. It is affecting not only the security of the national parks, it is affecting the people in communities that live around the national parks. In terms of security for wildlife and our society, it's an incredibly alarming situation, and we need to address that.
-- Veronika Varekova -
When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.
-- James Balog -
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