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.
SYLVIA EARLEI would love to slip into the skin of a fish and know what it’s like to be one. They have senses that I can only dream about.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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For heaven’s sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see.
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If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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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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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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Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction that destroys entire ecosystems while targeting a few species.
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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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Any astronaut can tell you you’ve got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.
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What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
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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.
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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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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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