Jim Fowler Quotes

Jim Fowler Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Jim Fowler
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
American
Birth day:
April 9
Birth year:
1932

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    Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left. Jim Fowler
  • 2
    Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there. Jim Fowler
  • 3
    But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and Washington. Jim Fowler
  • 4
    Haiti looks like a bomb hit it. Jim Fowler
  • 5
    How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security. Jim Fowler
  • 6
    I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do. Jim Fowler
  • 7
    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
  • 8
    I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it for human beings. Jim Fowler
  • 9
    I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife. Jim Fowler
  • 10
    I have a lot of memories of Falls Church. I went to grade school in Madison Elementary School. Jim Fowler
  • 11
    I remember one of my first jobs, there was an old guy who had a fruit stand, I think it was Seven Corners; I helped him out one summer. Jim Fowler
  • 12
    I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical to the way it was, but I couldn't recognize it because of the size of the trees. Jim Fowler
  • 13
    I'm a little different from all those conservation types. Jim Fowler
  • 14
    Johnny Carson started the jokes about me and Marlin in his monologues. Jim Fowler
  • 15
    Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type. Jim Fowler
  • 16
    Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans. Jim Fowler
  • 17
    My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants. Jim Fowler
  • 18
    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. Jim Fowler
  • 19
    Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue. Jim Fowler
  • 20
    That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople. Jim Fowler
  • 21
    The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care. Jim Fowler
  • 22
    The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. Jim Fowler
  • 23
    The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry. Jim Fowler
  • 24
    The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life. Jim Fowler
  • 25
    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. Jim Fowler
  • 26
    The Zambesi is a big river; there's no crocodiles on 4 Mile Run. Jim Fowler
  • 27
    Then a neighbor, Mr Smith, had a dairy cow and an couple bulls. He showed me how to bluff a bull. Jim Fowler
  • 28
    There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan. Jim Fowler
  • 29
    There's no denying that television is one of the most powerful propaganda media we've ever invented. Jim Fowler
  • 30
    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. Jim Fowler
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