Scientists generally are really chicken about getting involved in some kind of dispute. As a broadcaster, I find it very difficult to urge them, if it is a controversial subject. They don’t want to have science being portrayed badly. David Suzuki Read Quote
Corporations are economic entities or structures, and yet they’re allowed to fund political candidates, and when those candidates are elected, guess who gets in the door first? It’s corporations. David Suzuki Read Quote
Corporations are not people. They shouldn’t be funding. They shouldn’t be funding campaigns at all. David Suzuki Read Quote
Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo. David Suzuki Read Quote
Scientists and supercomputers have amplified our ability to look ahead. For decades, experts have warned us that human numbers, technology, hyper-consumption and a global economy are altering the chemical, geological, and biological properties of the biosphere. David Suzuki Read Quote
Many countries – as well as cities, states and provinces – are taking global warming seriously and are working to reduce emissions and shift to cleaner energy sources. David Suzuki Read Quote
What we are doing is, rather than living on the interest of our basic biological capital, we’re using up our capital, so we’re dipping into our capital. We’re using up what should be our children’s and grandchildren’s legacy. David Suzuki Read Quote
Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that. David Suzuki Read Quote
It doesn’t give me any satisfaction to think that my concerns will be validated by my grandchildren’s generation. I would love to be wrong in everything. My grandchildren are my stake in the near future, and it’s my great hope that they might one day say, ‘Grandpa was part of a great movement that helped to turn things around.’ David Suzuki Read Quote
