They have curiosity. ‘Who, what, where, why, when, and how!’ They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.
SYLVIA EARLEThey have curiosity. ‘Who, what, where, why, when, and how!’ They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the ‘National Geographic’ covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.
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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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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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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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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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To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It’s not just a cost to the people who live there. It’s a cost to all people everywhere.
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I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.
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There’s no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here.
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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
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There’s something missing about how we’re informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world.
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A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
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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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I’m friends with James Cameron. We’ve spent time together over the years because he is a diver and explorer and in his heart of hearts a biologist. We run into each other at scientific conferences.
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