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Lewis Pugh
71 quotes
“There is nothing more powerful than the made-up mind.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: TED Talk: Mind-Shifting Everest Swim, July 2010
“We made fracking a civil rights issue. Because that is what it is. We all have a right to a healthy environment and to clean water. And so do our children.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Against fracking in the Karoo, 3 May 2011
“Unless our children have been into nature, it is unlikely they will care about it when they grow up.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 4 November 2010
“Everywhere water is under threat. It is our most precious resource. And there is no alternative to it.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to Cape Town Press Club, 13 May 2011
“The right to have our environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations is our most important human right.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 29 October 2011
“Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 24 Nov 2011, Twitter
“The English Channel is the perfect stretch of water to truly test the human mind.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 25 November 2011, Twitter
“These are areas of unparalleled natural beauty to be handed to our children undisturbed. We are merely custodians. You would not build a toll plaza and an administration block in the Grand Canyon or next to the Victoria Falls or within any other World Heritage Site.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 24 February 2012, Cape Argus (p5), in response to the building of a toll plaza on Chapman’s Peak, South Africa.
“A healthy ocean is an ocean with sharks. Take away an apex predator and it’s like removing the lions from the Serengeti. It won’t be long before the gazelle, zebras and wildebeest have multiplied and eaten all the grass. And when the land is laid bare the grazers will starve to death. Predators are crucial for a healthy ecosystem – be it on land or in the water.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 24 September 2014, Op-ed in the New York Times
“An estimated 100 million sharks are fished out of the world's oceans every year. Take a minute to mull over that figure. That's over a quarter of a million animals each day … If this number of humans were killed in a year, it would be called genocide. There is a name for what is happening in our oceans today: it is ecocide.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 28 September 2014, Sunday Times
“When we set aside MPAs we protect the marine habitat. When we do that, fish stocks recover. Which supports food security. When we create MPAs, we protect the coral, which protects the shoreline and provides shelter for fish. Marine Protected Areas are places people want to visit for ecotourism, so it's good for the economy. It has, if you'll pardon the pun, a ripple effect. Marine Protected Areas are good for the world economy, for the health of the oceans, for every person living on this planet.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 28 September 2014, Sunday Times
“For us to find lasting peace between people, we must first make peace with nature.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 28 September 2014, Sunday Times
“I always feel nostalgic when I disembark (off a ship). It's not that I don't like land. I just love being at sea.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 6 November 2014, Twitter
“To succeed as a pioneer you need two things: ignorance and purpose. Ignorance of just how tough the path ahead will be. And a driving purpose, which keeps you going nonetheless.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 26 November 2014, Twitter
“Most Channel crossings are won or lost before the first stroke is even taken.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 16 January 2016, Lewis Pugh's blog
“Never, ever did I think that there would be a debate in this arid country about which was more important – gas or water. We can survive without gas. We cannot live without water.”
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“Look around the world. Wherever you damage the environment, you have conflict. We have had enough conflict in [South Africa] – now is the time for peace.”
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“Now is the time for change. We cannot drill our way out of the energy crisis. The era of fossil fuels is over. We must invest in renewable energy. And we must not delay.”
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“The right to have our environment protected for the benefit of our generation and the benefit of future generations is our most crucial human right. I do not say that lightly - especially given South Africa’s past.”
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“We cannot afford the luxury of cynicism or even pessimism in our reaction to climate change. The situation is too serious. We must tackle it head on – and immediately.”
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“I could not believe what I was seeing: everywhere there were whale bones. Thousands of them stacked on top of each other. They rose from the seabed almost to the surface of the water. There were big bones. I could make out many of them: rib bones, jaw bones, vertebrae. In some places they were piled so high that, when I took a stroke, my hands touched them. I thought of all the beautiful whales I’d seen around the coast of South Africa and Norway that add so much to the area. How many whales were hunted and brought to this island before having their carcasses burned for oil and their bones dumped in this way? It disgusted me to such an extent that I considered stopping the swim to move it elsewhere, but I decided I had to press on.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p 233, describing his swim at Deception Island, Antarctica (2005)