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We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're dealing with here.

— Margaret Atwood

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✓Similar Perspectives

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.

— Dave Matthews

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

— Maggie Q

I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.

— Jim Fowler

The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.

— Felix Dennis

People can save the world by the way they think and by the way they behave and what they hold to be important.

— Cyndi Lauper

People think that saving the planet or finding their place in that effort is a really overwhelming thought.

— Nikki Reed

When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

The U.S. people have a major role to play to solve, to save this planet.

— Hugo Chavez

✗Opposing Perspectives

The best thing we can do to save the planet is set a good example for our kids at home.

— Letitia Baldrige

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us. Because the planet doesn't need to be saved. It doesn't care if all the squirrels, elephants, and trees die and there's just a couple of amoebas floating around at the poles.

— Dave Matthews