Line #83 Quotes/GreenAesop


1	->''"To hunt a species to extinction is not logical."''
2	-->-- '''Spock''', ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''
3
4	->Before the 2000s, you could be green with illness, green with envy or green with Irish pride, but it is only after the 2000s that you can be green with pretension.
5	-->-- ''Website/{{Cracked}}''
6
7	->''"If Grace is with you, look into her memories. See the world we come from. There's no green there. They ''killed'' their Mother, and they're going to do the same thing here. More sky people will come, they're going to keep coming like a rain that never ends -- unless we stop them."''
8	-->-- '''Jake Sully''', ''{{Film/Avatar}}''
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10	->'''Earl:''' And I guess I owe the rest of you an apology, too. You know, for [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt bringing on the end of the world and civilization and everything]].\
11	'''Ethyl:''' I always knew you'd screw things up. I just didn't know how bad.\
12	'''Fran:''' Mother, he said he was sorry!\
13	'''Earl:''' And I know I put too much faith in progress and technology, and had too little respect for nature. But it's so easy to take nature for granted, because it's always there. And technology is so bright and shiny and new.\
14	'''Fran:''' We understand, sweetheart.\
15	'''Baby:''' Understand what?\
16	''[the rest of the family turns to Earl with dreadful anticipation]''\
17	'''Earl:''' Uh... Well, little guy, what happened was... Daddy was put in charge of the world, and he didn't take real good care of it. And now, it looks like there won't be much of a world left for you or your brother and sister to live in.\
18	'''Baby:''' Are we gonna move?\
19	'''Earl:''' Well... no. There's no place to move ''to''. This is the only world we got.\
20	'''Baby:''' But what's gonna happen to ''us?''\
21	''[again, everyone turns to Earl]''\
22	'''Earl:''' Well... I don't exactly know.\
23	'''Robbie:''' But whatever it is, nobody's gonna leave you.\
24	'''Charlene:''' That's right, little guy. We'll all stay together.\
25	'''Earl:''' Yeah, yeah! And hey, I'm sure it'll all work out okay. After all, dinosaurs have been on this Earth for 150 million years. [[TemptingFate And it's not like we're gonna just...]] ''[[KilledOffForReal disappear]]''.
26	-->-- ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'', "[[Recap/DinosaursS04E07ChangingNature Changing Nature]]"
27
28	->Rule #1. Man is the devil.
29	->Rule #2. Anything not man is good.
30	->Rule #3. Your movie must bomb.
31	-->-- ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''
32
33	->RECYCLE IT, DON'T TRASH IT!
34	-->-- '''William K. Reilly, Administrator''' (of the Environmental Protection Agency), featured prominently in American arcade games throughout the 1990s
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36	->''"Gah, radioactive waste! Burns! Stinks! Who do you suppose left all that radioactive waste down there? And why? '''Why?''' Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good! Why can't we find a way to safely dispose of radioactive waste and protect the environment? Even if I personally stop this alien invasion, what kind of planet will we be leaving to our children? And our children's children, and... [[MoodWhiplash oh the humanity! My big gun is out of bullets!]]"''
37	-->-- '''The Marine''', ''ComicBook/{{Doom}}''
38
39	->''"Protect the environment... ''or I'll fucking kill you!''"''
40	-->-- '''Ted Turner''' as '''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet\|AndThePlaneteers}}''', ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''
41
42	->''"So, remember, kids: if we're not nice to Mother Nature... she'll kick our butts."''
43	-->-- '''Captain Compost''', ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', "[[MusicalEpisode Zanzibar!]]"
44
45	->So don't be cross when momma says turn that extra light out\
46	Just turn it off till we find us a fuel that never runs out\
47	If everyone tries a bit harder\
48	Our fuel will go farther and farther\
49	Energy...\
50	We're going to be stretching you out
51	-->-- '''[[GaiasLament Planet Earth]]''', ''The Energy Blues'', ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock''
52
53	->''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'' continues the fiction, so reassuring at times, that the most dangerous animal is Man. The story involves the destruction of the rain forest by the slashers and burners and loggers, and its defense by the sprites and fairies of the forest. I am in favor of saving the rain forests and I am appalled by their wanton destruction, but is it not true that Man is the only animal to which it has ever occurred that murder is wrong?
54	-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert'''
55
56	->save the earth\
57	keep clean\
58	Empty Cans Go In the Trash
59	-->-- ''VideoGame/ShmupsSkillTest''
60
61	->''... Now the great thing about environmentalism is that it can be inserted into any genre, much like high fructose corn syrup is for food. Be sure to shoehorn that theme in no matter how much it doesn't fit. On a fantasy quest to stop a dark lord? Be sure to completely derail the plot so the resident wood elves can teach the protagonist how to be at one with nature. Exploring the stars? Make sure the crew visits a planet of aliens directly ripped off of Native Americans and that they learn a valuable lesson on ecology.''
62	-->-- ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rRTHhGVUHg "ENVIRONMENTALISM"]]
63
64	->''"I'm getting sick and goddamned tired of all these [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers looters and polluters]]!"''
65	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheTourettesGuy'''
66
67	->''Oh, for [[CensoredForComedy f*ck's]] sake, even the movie about giant robots fighting giant alien monsters has to shove environmental messages down out throats!''
68	-->-- ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'', on ''Film/PacificRim''[[note]]in response to Dr. Newt Geisler's statement that humanity "practically terraformed" the Earth for those responsible for the AlienInvasion with all of the polluting[[/note]]
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70	->''Geez, in Hollywood's eyes, deforestation is responsible for [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever every single possible problem]] on Earth.''
71	-->-- ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'', first sin counted for ''Film/Godzilla1998''[[note]]which places the blame of this version of Godzilla to mutations caused by the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests[[/note]]
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73	->''So we will keep making weather disaster films until [[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU LISTEN... CONGRESS!]]''
74	-->-- ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'', on ''Film/GeoStorm''[[note]]in response to the OpeningNarration explaining how polluting led to HostileWeather that led to creating the weather controlling machinery that will eventually enable the titular mega-disaster[[/note]]
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76	->''"Unless someone like you\
77	cares a whole awful lot,\
78	nothing is going to get better.\
79	It's not."''
80	-->-- '''The Once-ler''', ''Literature/TheLorax''
81
82	->''Willie Wimple went a-boating making dirty water here. Pouring stuff there 'til the gunk was everywhere. Now if every kid did it, cdan't you see, what an icky mess it would be? No place for fish to swim. No lakes for sailing in. No rivers, no streams, no submarines, no swimming ever again!''
83	-->-- ''Series/SesameStreet'', "The Ballad of Willie Wimple"
84
85	->''We're very keen, to be green. What that means, is we care about the world and soon, you will be keen to be seen, being clean. Be kind to this Earth and just try.''
86	-->-- ''Series/TheSootyShow'', "What a Load of Rubbish"
87
88	->''It would be nice to think that kids will come away from Arctic Dogs suddenly motivated to fight against climate change because of its underlying environmental themes, but it's more likely that they'll simply be asking their parents to buy them a stuffed animal that looks just like Swifty.''
89	-->-- '''The Hollywood Reporter''''s [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/arctic-dogs-1251743 review]] of ''Arctic Dogs''
90
91	->''Though academic circles warn of rising sea levels, [[IgnoredExpert the policy makers pay them no heed]]. At this rate, human civilization may be lost beneath the tide.''
92	-->-- '''Sunken Scroll''',[[note]]dating to at least [[AfterTheEnd 12,000 years before the events of the game]][[/note]] ''VideoGame/Splatoon1''
93
94	->''"If a few hundred years of civilization have to be totaled just to ensure that a bunch of smelly quasi-human creatures have a safe haven for their disgusting lifestyles, then so be it."''
95	-->-- '''Max''', ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad''
96
97	->''Being green is hot (It's hot!)\
98	Being green is cool (It's cool!)\
99	Eat your salad, save the planet\
100	Being green is sexy as...''
101	-->-- '''Citi Zēni''', "Eat Your Salad", Latvian entry for the 2022 edition of the ''Series/EurovisionSongContest''
102
103	->'''UsefulNotes/{{Earth}}:''' [[DeathWorld Your temperature is deadly, your air is poison, and you're not hospitable to plants or animals.]] They've been talking about terraforming you, but… yeah, that's not gonna happen any time soon.\
104	'''UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}:''' I don't get it. Why don't they stay on you, then?\
105	'''Earth:''' ''(sighs)'' Guess dreaming about you is… easier than dealing with what they're doing to me…
106	-->-- ''WebAnimation/SolarBalls''

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