"Those who develop the technologies, who promote them and stand to profit most from them, are not those who suffer their risks. The analysis of technologies is biased toward their use because the technology promoters generally lack the expertise and the incentive to analyze the risks of the technologies for human health and the environment."

~ H. Patricia Hynes, "The Recurring Silent Spring" [1989]

"The superior man seeks what is right; the inferior one, what is profitable."

~ Confucius

"To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, that is to have succeeded."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard."

~ Gaylord Nelson
Former governor of Wisconsin, co-founder of Earth Day

"Your descendants shall gather your fruits."

~ Virgil

"Eventually we'll realize that if we destroy the ecosystem, we destroy ourselves."

~ Jonas Salk, American physician and microbiologist, 1914-95

"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment."

~ Ansel Adams

"A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing: one that sounds good, and a real one."

~ J.P. Morgan

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

~ Edmund Burke

"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."

~ Jimmy Carter

"That's human nature. Nobody does anything until it's too late."

~ Michael Crichton, Prey

"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."

~ Jean Paul Richter, German Romantic novelist and humorist

"A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world."

~ Shakyamuni

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not."

~ Dr. Seuss, The Lorax