Environment Quotes - page 12

The experiences of promoting my first album were really something; there is so much illusion in my environment (touring and pop music) that I wanted to clear away. (Duncan Sheik)
It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do. View quote
Duncan Sheik
If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment. View quote
Dave Pelzer
History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another. View quote
Ellsworth Huntington
From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment. View quote
Ellsworth Huntington
For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to the very beginning of the human race. View quote
Ellsworth Huntington
I believe that no one can teach you how to act, but schools do give you an environment to make mistakes, to learn techniques and to learn professionalism. View quote
Enrico Colantoni
I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside for it and dedicate that upside to improving the environment in so many different ways. View quote
Ed Rendell
I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs. View quote
Ed Rendell
I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. View quote
Freddy Adu
All the Tauruses I know have this connection to the earth and the environment. We are very curious people, very loyal, very aware of and respectful of our surroundings. Also, we're stubborn, but that's our way. We understand what we want, which is not bad. (Francisco Costa)
Too many countries that do not play by the free trade rules of the World Trade Organization - including, notably mercantilist China and monopolist Saudi Arabia - have been allowed in, to the detriment of both the WTO and the liberal trading environment it is supposed to sponsor. View quote
Frank Gaffney
Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in other basic courses, such as U.S. history. Until then, we need to focus on producing well-educated citizens steeped in their country's history and mindful of their civic responsibilities. View quote
George Nethercutt
Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation? View quote
Gale Norton
I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment. View quote
Gale Norton
Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders back to the people on the East Coast of America we have had a North American tradition of landscape photography used for the environment. View quote
Galen Rowell
I believe in nurturing creativity and offering a haven for creators, enabling them to develop their ideas to the fullest. With more and more talented creators being drawn to Cirque in an environment that fulfills them, these are ideal to continue developing great new shows. View quote
Guy Laliberte
When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack. View quote
Gwen Moore
If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves. View quote
Gaylord Nelson
The Buggles was much more a studio environment idea, which we never actually took on the road. View quote
Geoff Downes
On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of upsetting business. Basically, New Labour was very nervous about regulating business, or requiring it to do anything, even when there was a very clear social or environmental case for doing so. (Geoff Mulgan)
I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life. View quote
Helmut Jahn
I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction, collaboration and creativity. View quote
Helmut Jahn
As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone. View quote
Heather Bresch
You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. View quote
James Lane Allen