KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Sylvia Earle Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Sylvia Earle

Showing 1-10 of 85 Quotes by Sylvia Earle

No water, no life. No blue, no green.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don't see sharks.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If you think the ocean isn't important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.

~Sylvia Earle

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: August 30th, 1935

Links

Find Sylvia Earle on Amazon

Related Authors

Isaac Asimov
Ben Carson
George Washington Carver
W. Edwards Deming
Margaret Mead
Carl Sagan
Neil Degrasse Tyson
E. O. Wilson

Popular Authors

Saint Augustine Jean-Michel Basquiat Sandra Cisneros Pope Francis Colin Kaepernick Groucho Marx Sophocles Malcolm X

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1694 - Voltaire

1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher

1787 - Bryan Procter

1863 - Arthur Quiller-Couch

1870 - Alexander Berkman

1886 - Harold Nicolson

1889 - Hugh Kingsmill

1898 - Rene Magritte

1904 - Coleman Hawkins

1907 - Jim Bishop

Birthdays on November 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Birthday Car Friendship Home Hope Independence Legal Society