20 Quotes by Gilbert White

The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.

You may depend on it that the bunting, emberiza miliaria, does not leave this country in the winter.

Numbers of snipes breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of this parish.

I make no doubt but there are three species of the willow-wrens: two I know perfectly; but have not been able yet to procure the third.

Freshwater supplies in the Middle East now are barely sufficient to maintain a quality standard of living.

As the population in this region continues to grow and economic development increases, these countries must work together to ensure that ecosystems are preserved and adequate water supplies sustained.

Providence has been so indulgent to us as to allow of but one venomous reptile of the serpent kind in these kingdoms, and that is the viper.

The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more influence in the economy of nature, than the incurious are aware of; and are mighty in their effect, from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention; and from their numbers and fecundity.

The message of the study is water for the future. What we are suggesting is water protection for our children and grandchildren.