Otis Bowen Quotes

We, the generation that faces the next century, can add the solemn injunction 'If we don't do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.'

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.

Why do today's non-stop shocks -- why don't they spur us into action? Why don't they produce leaps? Especially when it comes to climate change.

I joined the Safe Climate Caucus because I believe in leaving a safer planet for future generations.

The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fats enough.

Climate change is moving faster than we are, but we don't give up because we know that climate action is the only path.

I’ve starred in a lot of science fiction movies and, let me tell you something, climate change is not science fiction, this is a battle in the real world, it is impacting us right now.

It's a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president.

We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about.

We need to send a message to Congress and the president that we want them to take the actions that are needed to preserve climate for young people and future generations and all life on the planet.

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.

It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point.

I care about climate change because of our children. I want to safeguard their future.

Climate change is a sanctity of human life issue.

We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow.

No more than one or a few decades remain before the chance to avert the threats we now confront will be lost and the prospects for humanity immeasurably diminished.

Anybody who doesn't see the impact of climate change is really, I would say, myopic. They don't see the reality. It's so evident that we are destroying Mother Earth. This is not the problem of one country or a few countries: it is the problem of mankind. We need to work together to stop this. Otherwise, our future generations will simply disappear.

Citizens and consumers are demanding that climate change and environmental issues be taken seriously.

On climate change, we have only a handful of years to make massive changes, according to the scientists. The politicians have to act, and only the people can make them, because Royal Dutch Shell's not going to do it.

Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it's too late.

I was at Earth Summit in Rio 20 years ago... I was only 12 years old. And when I was speaking to the U.N. I was fighting for my future.

I know it's become a cliche of sorts, but, nonetheless, it is true. This is the only planet we and our children and children's children will call home. We can't afford to lose this home because we didn't protect it.