Everglades Quotes

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments. (Bruce Babbitt)
To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken. View quote
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them. View quote
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world. View quote
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades. View quote
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
I'm a freaking princess when it comes to other people's feelings. Yo dogbreath, get your paws of the everglades. -Max. View quote
James Patterson
The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass. View quote
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat. View quote
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades. View quote
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
To be a friend of the Everglades is not necessarily to spend time wandering around out there. View quote
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
It is a fact that scientists have deposited dye in certain lakes around Orlando and tracked the effluent to Florida Bay. There is a lake near Everglades City, Deep Lake, and large tarpon show up in that lake, 30 miles from the sea. (Randy Wayne White)