I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter a new era of unlimited power that would do away with the need to dam our beautiful streams.

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.

People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite.

We need the sea. We need a place to stand and touch and listen - to feel the pusle of the world as the surf rolls in.

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands.

I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that.

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time.