Quote

Any scientist who tells you they know that GMOs are safe and not to worry about it, is either ignorant of the history of science or is deliberately lying. Nobody knows what the long-term effect will be.

David Suzuki

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

David Suzuki
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 24
Biologist
Climate Activist
Environmentalist
Professor
Science Writer
Writer
Zoologist
Vancouver
British Columbia
David Takayoshi Suzuki
Term
Ignorant
Lying
Scientist
History
Effect
Science
Effects
Long
Safe
Nobody
Gmos
Worry
Deliberately
Either
Tells

More quotes by David Suzuki

Image
Human beings are often at their best when responding to immediate crises - car accidents, house fires, hurricanes. We are less effective in the face of enormous but slow-moving crises such as the loss of biodiversity or climate change.
David Suzuki
Image
Each of us has the ability to act powerfully for change together we can restore that ancient and sustaining harmony.
David Suzuki
Image
We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.
David Suzuki
Image
Every breath is a sacrament, an affirmation of our connection with all other living things, a renewal of our link with our ancestors and a contribution to generations yet to come. Our breath is a part of life's breath, the ocean of air that envelopes the earth.
David Suzuki
Image
But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.
David Suzuki
Image
If Canada, one of the richest nations in the world, can't meet Kyoto targets, why should China or India give any considerations for meeting the targets?
David Suzuki
Image
More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.
David Suzuki
Image
The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced.
David Suzuki
Image
What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet.
David Suzuki
Image
Fukushima is the most terrifying situation I can imagine.
David Suzuki
Image
We have altered the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. We have left no part of the globe untouched.
David Suzuki
Image
One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.
David Suzuki
Image
The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative. Those were the characteristics that gave us an advantage - curiosity, creativity and memory. And that brain did something very special. It invented an idea called 'the future.'
David Suzuki
Image
The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act.
David Suzuki
Image
Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.
David Suzuki
Image
Many organic practices simply make sense, regardless of what overall agricultural system is used. Far from being a quaint throwback to an earlier time, organic agriculture is proving to be a serious contender in modern farming and a more environmentally sustainable system over the long term.
David Suzuki
Image
Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.
David Suzuki
Image
Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.
David Suzuki
Image
I see a world in the future in which we understand that all life is related to us and we treat that life with great humility and respect.
David Suzuki
Image
With the world's human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can't control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose.
David Suzuki