Tourism is important because it can create sustainable local economies. Id much rather have 1,000 tourists going up the Tambopata than 1,000 gold miners.

It's up to us as photographers to give voice to the natural world.

I think a photograph, of whatever it might be - a landscape, a person - requires personal involvement. That means knowing your subject, not just snapping at whats in front of you.

A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're all very different.

Life is a force in its own right. It is a new element. And it has altered the Earth. It covers Earth like a skin.

Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future.

Water is the key to life, but in frozen form, it is a latent force. And when it vanishes, Earth becomes Mars.

Nature's my muse and it's been my passion.

Life needs a membrane to contain itself so it can replicate and mutate.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love

In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.

Be strong, be confident and be determined.

Life is not just about surviving, it’s about finding fulfillment.

There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is limited by circumstances.

We didn't set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don't purport that what we do is real science but we're demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.

I stopped and I thought, 'What would Jesus do?' So I didn't exist.

His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And, although, she's... wait... your mom's still... your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul.

For love that is not requited in equal measure is not love at all; it is not sacred. And holding on to the ideal of such love can keep us from finding the one that is true.

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.