Author: Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Quotes

The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman.

The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman.

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds.

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds.

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

To be a friend of the Everglades is not necessarily to spend time wandering around out there.

To be a friend of the Everglades is not necessarily to spend time wandering around out there.

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The hardest thing is to tell the truth about oneself. One doesn't like to remember unpleasant details, but forgetting them makes one's life seem disorganized.

The hardest thing is to tell the truth about oneself. One doesn't like to remember unpleasant details, but forgetting them makes one's life seem disorganized.

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.

All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.

I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

It's a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.

It's a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.

I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

No one is satisfied with their life's work.

No one is satisfied with their life's work.

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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