I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient.
SYLVIA EARLEI’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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I’m not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.
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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place.
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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It’s mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It’s not feeding the starving millions. It’s feeding a luxury market.
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I love music of all kinds, but there’s no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything.
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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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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
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It’s a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments.
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As if the ocean somehow doesn’t matter or is so big, so vast that it can take care of itself, or that there is nothing that we could possibly do that we could harm the ocean.
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Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.
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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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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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I’ve had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.
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I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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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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The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.
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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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I am not in any hurry to grow up.
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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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