I love music of all kinds, but there’s no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
SYLVIA EARLEI have come up at the end of a dive, and the boat was not where I left it. I had to take care of a buddy who did panic. But I was confident the boat would come back.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss, you’ll see toads, small insects, a whole host of life that prospers in that miniature environment.
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I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to get acquainted with fish swimming in the ocean, rather than just swimming with lemon slices and butter.
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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
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Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.
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I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don’t see in the daytime.
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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
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People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.
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If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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