"The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man."

"I have no doubt that we are on a collision course with disaster if we continue down this path."

"In nature, nothing exists alone."

"I am not a scientist in the sense that I wear a white coat and work in a laboratory. I am a writer, and my laboratory is the world around me."

"We are still in the Dark Ages when it comes to understanding how these chemicals affect us."