17 Quotes by William Ruckelshaus

Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

We need to fashion policies with proper incentives to reduce the amount of carbon we are putting in the atmosphere.

Why argue about things you can't prove? We need to fashion policies with proper incentives to reduce the amount of carbon we are putting in the atmosphere. There are all kinds of things we can do right now, and we ought to be taking those steps.

There are all kinds of things we can do right now, and we ought to be taking those steps.

Washington's approach to salmon recovery is a national model. We were the first in the history of the federal Endangered Species Act to have local communities statewide write recovery plans and set priorities for saving salmon.

It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one should have to dance backward all their lives.

No one should have to dance backward all of their lives.

Why argue about things you can't prove?