Quotes by Jim Fowler, page 2

Jim Fowler - american Scientist

Life period: 1932

Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.

Quote by Jim Fowler about people, animals, being

My father was a soil scientist with the Geological Survey.

Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.

Quote by Jim Fowler about earth, future, respect, nature

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

Somali is turning into a desert. Rwanda, you can hardly find a place to plant a potato, it's so crowded.

Sooner or later we've got to tie the saving of the natural world to our own public welfare.

Quote by Jim Fowler about public, world

That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople.

The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.

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The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

Quote by Jim Fowler about people, quality, existence, life

The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.

Quote by Jim Fowler about univers, numbers

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

Quote by Jim Fowler about people, univers, quality, thinking, life

The Zambesi is a big river; there's no crocodiles on 4 Mile Run.

Then a neighbor, Mr Smith, had a dairy cow and an couple bulls. He showed me how to bluff a bull.

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There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan.

Quote by Jim Fowler about country, world

There's no denying that television is one of the most powerful propaganda media we've ever invented.

Quote by Jim Fowler about television

We moved over to Silver Spring, actually near University Park.

Quote by Jim Fowler about spring

We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for the bulls.

What I probably said was that some of the things I learned on Four Mile Run came in handy later on when I was living along the Zambesi.

Quote by Jim Fowler about things

When all that's gone, like in Eastern Europe, you can't find a place to have a picnic or have the love of nature in your heart.

Quote by Jim Fowler about nature, heart, love

You've got to explain very clearly to someone working for their family why all this open space is important to us.

Quote by Jim Fowler about univers, family