124 Quotes by James Lovelock

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so.

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia.

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

Fudging the data in any way whatsoever is quite literally a sin against the holy ghost of science. I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards.

If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal burner. We simply have to lessen our consumption of fossil fuels.