"I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement." ― Ted Turner Topic(s): Environmental More From Ted Turner "When I started ‘CNN,’ I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn’t going to come from me." "I’ve had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies." "Every few seconds it changes – up an eighth, down an eighth – it’s like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million." More In Environmental "By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans’ services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities."― Dan Lipinski "Over and over, we hear politicians say they can’t spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile."― David Suzuki "Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life – all life."― Roger Tory Peterson