Barry Commoner Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Barry Commoner quotes, Barry Commoner sayings, and Barry Commoner proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods. Barry Commoner
Recycling is a good thing to do. It makes people feel good to do it. The thing I want to emphasize is the vast difference between recycling for the purpose of feeling good and recycling for the purpose of solving the trash problem. Barry Commoner
The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it. Barry Commoner
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. Barry Commoner
Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline which prevented it from entering the environment. Barry Commoner
Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. Barry Commoner
The environmental crisis is a signal of this approaching catastrophe. Barry Commoner
After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms. Barry Commoner
Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. Barry Commoner
The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it. Barry Commoner
Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. Barry Commoner
Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline which prevented it from entering the environment. Barry Commoner
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. Barry Commoner
If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way. Barry Commoner
The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else. Barry Commoner
Recycling is a good thing to do. It makes people feel good to do it. The thing I want to emphasize is the vast difference between recycling for the purpose of feeling good and recycling for the purpose of solving the trash problem. Barry Commoner
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. Barry Commoner
The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else. Barry Commoner
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. Barry Commoner
The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. Barry Commoner