"Why would anyone want to destroy something so beautiful and intricate as nature?"

"The chemical industry's response to my book is exactly what I expected: a campaign of misinformation and personal attacks."

"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live …"

"The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history or fiction. It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate lite…"

"The chemical industry has created a Frankenstein monster, and now it is out of control."