Author: James Lovelock

Quotes

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.

- James Lovelock

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

- James Lovelock

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

- James Lovelock

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

- James Lovelock

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief.

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief.

- James Lovelock

Science always uses metaphor.

Science always uses metaphor.

- James Lovelock

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

- James Lovelock

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

- James Lovelock

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

- James Lovelock

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