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Earth Day Quotes

Words on the planet worth celebrating daily.

These Earth Day quotes come from environmentalists and writers reflecting on climate change and conservation — several note that April 22 deserves more than one day of attention. See our Status picks for shorter lines.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

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Nov 07, 2020

My father was a legendary copywriter. He wrote 'Timex Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking.' He named Earth Day 'Earth Day.' It falls on his birthday, April 22. Earth Day, birthday. So the idea came easily.

Quotes by Sarah Koenig

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Nov 07, 2020

If he could go back, choose another career, my father would have liked to have been an environmentalist of some kind, which is why he'd really like to be remembered for something almost nobody knows he did: naming Earth Day. It agitated him to look up Earth Day on Wikipedia recently and not see his name anywhere. So a few days ago, I added it.

Quotes by Sarah Koenig

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Nov 07, 2020

Well, perhaps the greatest achievement, and we didn't know it at the time, was we held an Earth Day in 1970, and out of that Earth Day a lot of students got involved in saving the environment, or trying to.

Quotes by Pete McCloskey

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Nov 07, 2020

We had some major successes and we did so because the country embraced the spirit of Earth Day and embraced this concept that we have to have forward-looking, visionary environmental policy and energy policy in this country.

Quotes by Jay Inslee

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Nov 07, 2020

If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.

Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk

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