The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.
SYLVIA EARLEAs 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.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it.
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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
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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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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
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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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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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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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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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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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