Gifford Pinchot Quotes

#1. There should be an expanded role in this society for every human being. I see an expanded role for the human spirit, for excellence, for virtue, and for creativity - within women, and within everyone.

Marianne Williamson

#2. The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time.

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#3. Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.

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#4. The earth and its resources belong of right to its people.

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#5. Learning is the gradual replacement of fantasy with fact.

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#6. It just goes to show that what one person considers a "bad attitude" might actually just be total frustration over being pushed beyond the brink of one's mental and physical endurance.

Meg Cabot

#7. The goal of coaching is not in fixing what is broken, but in discovering new talents and new ways to use old talents that lead to far greater effectiveness.

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#8. Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.

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#9. The object of our forest policy is not to preserve the forests because they are beautiful-or because they are refuges for the wild creatures of the wilderness-but the making of prosperous homes-every other consideration becomes secondary.

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#10. A vision is not a vision unless it says yes to some ideas and no to others, inspires people and is a reason to get out of bed in the morning and come to work.

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#11. It is a greater thing to be a good citizen than to be a good Republican or a good Democrat,

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#12. In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose.

Harper Lee

#13. Human beings affix themselves to things that are of little or no importance. They affix themselves to the transitory, to things that are impermanent, and in doing so, they get all upset

Frederick Lenz

#14. The idea that war can ever bring freedom is quite possibly the greatest deception that mankind has ever forced upon himself.

Michel Templet

#15. In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will be a controlling factor in national safety and welfare

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#16. There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love.

Dennis Wilson

#17. Professor Galbraith is horrified by the number of Americans who have bought cars with tail fins on them, and I am horrified by the number of Americans who take seriously the proposals of Mr. Galbraith.

William F. Buckley Jr.

#18. I doubt if anything learnt at school is of more value than great literature learnt by heart.

Richard Livingstone

#19. Every cell in our body is primarily water. But the water doesn't just sit in the cell, it moves through it in a very organized way. The process occurs rapidly in tissues that have these aquaporins or water channels.

Peter Agre

#20. Innovation never happens as planned.

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#21. The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

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#22. Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!

Emily Bronte

#23. Innovations never happen as planned.

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#24. I have been governor every now and then, but I am a forester all the time.

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#25. What I want you to know is that this is not your fault, even if it is ultimately your responsibility.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#26. Political stress is always apt to shrink the private arena and attach it on to the public

Robert Hughes

#27. The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future.

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#28. World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace.

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#29. I had no more conception of what it meant to be a forester than the man in the moon ... But at least a forester worked in the woods and with the woods - and I loved the woods and everything about them ... My Father's suggestion settled the question in favor of forestry.

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#30. Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good.

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#31. Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day.

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#32. Oftentimes, the way it seems to be is that our artists in particular point themselves out as spokesmen for a certain constituency in a community, and thereby place themselves in that vulnerable position.

Gil Scott-Heron

#33. If you aren't getting flak, you aren't over the target.

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#34. I'm not letting you go. I'll fight my corner. You deserve for someone to fight for you.

Belle Aurora