Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.

I'm just a tough old woman.

Conservation is now a dead word.

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

Since 1972, Ive been going around making speeches on the Everglades. No matter how poor my eyes are, I can still talk. Ill talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat. Whoever wants me to talk, Ill come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.

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

There is always the need to carry on.