Quotes about "Climate & Sustainability"

Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean. ”

Ocean acidification - the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid - is a slow but accelerating impact with consequences that will greatly overshadow all the oil spills put together. The warming trend that is CO2-related will overshadow all the oil spills that have ever occurred put together. ”

There's something missing about how we're informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world. ”

Santa Monica Bay is less polluted today than when I first moved to the area in the 1970s, because actions have been taken to avoid putting some of the noxious materials into the sea. I think people are more aware than they once were, the air is cleaner, water generally is, in spite of the fact that there are more people. ”

Living is a constant source of inspiration. ”

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction. ”

The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end. ”

Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film. ”

Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people. ”

Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture. ”