KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Quotes for topic: Ecological


Share this page on

Showing 11-20 of 22 quotes in the topic Ecological

The planet Mars - crimson and bright, filling our telescopes with vague intimations of almost-familiar landforms - has long formed a celestial tabula rasa on which we have inscribed our planetological theories, utopian fantasies, and fears of alien invasion or ecological ruin.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Alien Bright Celestial Crimson Ecological Fantasies Fears Filling Formed Invasion Long Mars Our Planet Ruin Theories Utopian Vague Which

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We're shaking loose viruses and dislodging them from their natural ecological limitations, places where they aren't very abundant and have competition, even within a single animal. We introduce them into a new, rich habitat called the human population, where they can flourish more abundantly and cause more trouble.

~David Quammen

Topics: Abundant Animal Cause Competition Ecological Even Flourish Habitat Human Introduce Limitations Loose More Natural New Places Population Rich Shaking Single Them Trouble Very Viruses Where Within

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Choices Consequences Consumer Deeply Ecological Held Lifestyles Notions Our Personal Social Some Spiritual Time

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I think that there are empty ecological niches in the literary landscape crying to be filled and when a book more or less fills a niche it's seized on, even when it's a far from perfect fit.

~Edmund White

Topics: Book Crying Ecological Empty Even Far Filled Fills Fit Landscape Less Literary More More Or Less Niche Perfect Seized Think I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I enjoy a good meal as much as anyone, but I get so confused by nutritional, budgetary, ecological, ethical, aesthetic, and time-management concerns that I often subsist for weeks on instant oatmeal and multivitamins.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Aesthetic Anyone Concerns Confused Ecological Enjoy Ethical Get Good Good Meal Instant Meal Much Oatmeal Often Weeks

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations that give these species improved competitive potential.

~Ernst Mayr

Topics: Behavioral Competitive Doomed Ecological Evolutionary Extinction Few Give Improved Innovations Inventions Make May Most Physiological Potential Rapid Species Them

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The reason why there is more pessimism about technology in Europe has to do with history, the use of databases to keep track of people in the camps, ecological disasters.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: About Camps Databases Disasters Ecological Europe History Keep More People Pessimism Reason Technology Track Use Why

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the planet Earth.

~Evo Morales

Topics: About Aside Changing Consumption Debt Earth Ecological Economic Giving Giving Up Individualism Luxury Models Pay People Planet Planet Earth Selfishness Setting Thinking Up

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There have been low moments before, but Christianity is an incredibly adaptable organism, using different parts of its repertoire to mutate into new ecological niches, yet preserving intact its story of grace, of love improbably triumphant.

~Francis Spufford

Topics: Adaptable Been Before Christianity Different Different Parts Ecological Grace Incredibly Intact Love Low Moments New Organism Parts Preserving Repertoire Story Triumphant Using

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The world owes an ecological debt to the African continent.

~Francois Hollande

Topics: African Continent Debt Ecological Owes World

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Popular Authors

Ralph Waldo Emerson Benjamin Franklin Kevin Hart Sophia Loren Michel De Montaigne Joel Osteen Ayn Rand Nina Simone

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1925 - Gore Vidal

1800 - George Bancroft

1856 - Timothy Thomas Fortune

1858 - Eleonora Duse

1867 - Pierre Bonnard

1867 - Willis Polk

1871 - Stijn Streuvels

1877 - Virginia Gildersleeve

1897 - Louis Aragon

1898 - Leo Mccarey

Birthdays on October 3rd
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Best Chance Courage Environmental Friendship Memorial Day Peace Poetry