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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quotes

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quotes.

Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.
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.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Sometimes, I tell them more than they wanted to know.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
I’ll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Since 1972, I’ve been going around making speeches on the Everglades.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
There is nothing inherently wrong with a brain in your nineties. If you keep it fed and interested, you’ll find it lasts you very well.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
It is a woman’s business to be interested in the environment. It’s an extended form of housekeeping.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Conservation is now a dead word.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Whoever wants me to talk, I’ll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
It’s a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
You can’t conserve what you haven’t got.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
There is always the need to carry on.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
You have to stand up for some things in this world.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas