I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
SYLVIA EARLEGreen’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.
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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers.
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Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.
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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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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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On a sea floor that looks like a sandy mud bottom, that at first glance might appear to be sand and mud, when you look closely and sit there as I do for a while and just wait, all sorts of creatures show themselves, with little heads popping out of the sand. It is a metropolis.
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I am not in any hurry to grow up.
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Protecting vital sources of renewal – unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens – will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.
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Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.
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I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.
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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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