The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was more exhilarating.
SYLVIA EARLEHold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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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 actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don’t see in the daytime.
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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
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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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I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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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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If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.
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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.
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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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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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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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