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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

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

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

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

— Letitia Baldrige

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

— Nikki Reed

It's a war, I think, to save the planet, really, from ourselves.

— Paul Watson

By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can take responsibility for preserving this amazing evolutionary experiment of which we and all life on Earth are a part.

— Rusty Schweickart

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

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet.

— Lawrence Bender

✗Opposing Perspectives

Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague, cancer and to stop pollution.

— Uri Geller

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