Top 50 Quotes by James Lovelock

About James Lovelock

These are some quotes by English author James Lovelock Scientist, who was born on July 26, 1919.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

James Lovelock

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

James Lovelock

Science always uses metaphor.

Science always uses metaphor.

James Lovelock

The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books - mine included - because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn't happened.

The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books - mine included - because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn't happened.

James Lovelock

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution.

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution.

James Lovelock

It just so happens that the green religion is now taking over from the Christian religion. I don't think people have noticed that, but it's got all the sort of terms that religions use... The greens use guilt. That just shows how religious greens are. You can't win people round by saying they are guilty for putting (carbon dioxide) in the air.

James Lovelock

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

James Lovelock

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.

James Lovelock

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.

James Lovelock

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

James Lovelock

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