Home / Authors / Peter Garrett

Peter Garrett

Peter Garrett Quotes

Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Peter Garrett is an Australian politician born on April 16, 1953. He has served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives and has had a significant impact in the fields of environmental protection, arts, and culture.

Filter quotes by topic

All Climate Climate Change Environment People Wells Australia Issues World Challenges Government

Famous Peter Garrett Quotes

“The challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.”

World Challenges Industry Climate Climate Change Nuclear Around The World Australia

Author:Peter Garrett

“Well I'm not convinced that expanding uranium mining is in the best interests of the country and the best interests of its environment.”

Wells Country Interest Environment Convinced Expanding Mining Uranium Uranium Mining

Author:Peter Garrett

“Life is very short; be willing to serve.”

Life Is Willing

Author:Peter Garrett

“And given that there's been probably a ten-fold amount of information about terrorism through the media than there has about climate change; I think that's quite an interesting statistic.”

Thinking Given Interesting Media Information Amount Ten Climate Climate Change Terrorism Folds

Author:Peter Garrett

“I have always had, as I know many people have, a singular passion for Australia. I do love the sunburnt country, its ancient landscapes, its exhilarating reaches of sand and sea.”

People Knows Country Passion Beauty Environment Sea Ancient Landscape Sand Australia Exhilarating

Author:Peter Garrett

“The core strands of my involvement in public life are a belief in the need to strive wherever possible for equality of treatment and opportunity, to ensure all people have the means to a decent livelihood.”

People Needs Mean Motivation Opportunity Belief Strive Core Decent Treatment Involvement Public Life Livelihood Strands

Author:Peter Garrett

“Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.”

People Hard Wisdom Born Hard Work

Author:Peter Garrett

“Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.”

Government Action Politics Strong Issues Environment Huge Climate Endure Climate Change Consistent

Author:Peter Garrett

“The Pro-Life cause is the preeminent cause of our time, and this struggle between the gospel of life and the culture of death will determine the destiny of mankind.”

Inspiration Faith Culture Causes Destiny Struggle Mankind Determine Christian Inspirational Our Time Pro Life

Author:Peter Garrett

“Humans remain entirely atmosphere dependent, so there is no choice but to respond to extreme climatic behaviour and its many effects.”

Humans Choices Environment Effects Behavior Extremes Atmosphere Dependent Behaviour

Author:Peter Garrett

“This is the rollcall of evolution happening in the space of a few generations, the greatest loss of living things that make up our biodiversity since the disappearance of the dinosaurs.”

Loss Space Environment Generations Evolution Happenings Living Things Dinosaurs Disappearance Biodiversity

Author:Peter Garrett

“Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world.”

World Wells Natural Environment Senses Natural World

Author:Peter Garrett

“It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.”

Humans Wells Environment Planets Depends Understood Wellbeing

Author:Peter Garrett

“Look, very clearly there are things that need to be done urgently in relation to climate change, and of those the most obvious is to have an enforceable and equitable arrangement delivering deep cuts in emissions into the middle of the century.”

Needs Looks Done Cutting Middle Century Relation Climate Climate Change Obvious Arrangements Emissions Delivering Equitable

Author:Peter Garrett

“In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.”

Particular Climate Ancient Patterns Weather Soil Australia Affected Continents Geography Profile Distinctive Adverse Variability

Author:Peter Garrett

“There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands.”

Community Land Rivers Impact Rate Range Related Agriculture Farming Temperature Crops Stressed Stressed Out Evaporation

Author:Peter Garrett

“That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else.”

Stills Real Play Shows Able Lines Mystery Sells Tribes Queues Crossover

Author:Peter Garrett

“I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave voices speaking out.”

Years Believe I Believe Voice Talking Scientist Increase Bravery Brave Quantum Speaking Out

Author:Peter Garrett

“I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.”

Way Littles Choices Parent My Own Issues Grew Grew Up Blame

Author:Peter Garrett

“Climate change is so big that people who study it.. and many do.. need to speak to it. They must present scientific papers, they must appear in public, they must speak to the media and we must hear their voices. In order to get policy right, policymakers.. governments.. need to make decisions based on sound science.”

People Needs Bigs Government Order Speak Sound Voice Decision Study Media Policy Paper Climate Environmental Climate Change Papers

Author:Peter Garrett

“There is job growth in renewables, there is job growth in energy efficiency and there is job growth in developing innovative industries and technologies to successfully meet the challenge of climate change.”

Jobs Energy Growth Challenges Technology Industry Climate Climate Change Developing Efficiency Innovative Eco Energy Efficiency Job Growth

Author:Peter Garrett

“But no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably, is the biggest immediate long-term environmental challenge we face. A failure to concretely come to some policy outcome on climate change has not only a negative environmental impact but also social and economic consequences for us.”

“What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises.”

Wells Happens Politician Promise Telling The Truth County

Author:Peter Garrett

“In our early period we pretty much survived or perished on our capacity to reach people, and on getting into the pattern of having no money and playing lots of shows.”

People Shows Stars Periods Capacity Patterns Survived No Money

Author:Peter Garrett

“I believe the divine is part of the world, not in a pantheistic way but by way of the movement of the Spirit.”

World Way Believe Spirit I Believe Movement Divine

Author:Peter Garrett

“And living in Australia I am relatively well off.”

Wells Australia

Author:Peter Garrett

“At an everyday level I would reckon myself more than fortunate.”

Levels Everyday Fortunate

Author:Peter Garrett

“Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community.”

Matter Interest Community Huge Concern Climate Climate Change

Author:Peter Garrett

“I guess for me what is more significant than success is the nature of each of the songs and of the words.”

Song Significant

Author:Peter Garrett

“I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.”

Issues Havens Chosen

Author:Peter Garrett

“It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual.”

People Ifs Wells Lying Individual Responsibility Climate Climate Change Arguing Acceptable

Author:Peter Garrett

“Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.”

World Looks Understanding Issues Research Institutions Climate Climate Change Guts Conducting

Author:Peter Garrett

“Recently though, our State Governments have discussed instigating a carbon trading scheme - the details are still to be decided - and that's an encouraging sign.”

Stills States Government Decided Details Schemes Carbon Trading State Government

Author:Peter Garrett

“There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.”

Wells Made Stills Records Environment Band Very Good Right Time Good Records

Author:Peter Garrett

“The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not have expected to be, but you know how you got here: Next!”

Knows May Next Know How Expected Occasions Capitol

Author:Peter Garrett

“The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and the sorts of materials that we use to fuel the whole of our civilisation.”

People Play Whole Use Force Generations Materials Climate Climate Change Fuel Goods Civilisation Transportation Goods And Services

Author:Peter Garrett

“You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.”

Want Explaining

Author:Peter Garrett

“The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.”

People Political Intention Arena

Author:Peter Garrett

About the Author

Born: April 16, 1953
Known for: Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Quotes: 38

Related Topics

Climate Climate Change Environment People Wells Australia Issues World Challenges Government

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Similar Authors

Rajendra K. PachauriBrowse related quotes
Margaret D. KleinBrowse related quotes
Nicholas SternBrowse related quotes
Katharine HayhoeBrowse related quotes
Mike HulmeBrowse related quotes
James HansenBrowse related quotes
Joseph J. RommBrowse related quotes
William H. CalvinBrowse related quotes
Richard TolBrowse related quotes
Jeff OrlowskiBrowse related quotes