Top 85 Quotes by Sylvia Earle

About Sylvia Earle

These are some quotes by American author Sylvia Earle Scientist, who was born on August 30, 1935.

In terms of personal choices, let's all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.

In terms of personal choices, let's all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.

Sylvia Earle

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

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

Sylvia Earle

My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.

My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.

Sylvia Earle

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

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

Sylvia Earle

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

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

Sylvia Earle

We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.

We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.

Sylvia Earle

If we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion years old or three billion years old or four billion years old, we wouldn't be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around.

Sylvia Earle

Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.

Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.

Sylvia Earle

Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.

Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.

Sylvia Earle

I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.

I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.

Sylvia Earle

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