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.

Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean.

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

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. 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.

Sylvia Earle

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.

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.

Sylvia Earle

I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don't see in the daytime.

I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don't see in the daytime.

Sylvia Earle

Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.

Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.

Sylvia Earle

I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.

I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.

Sylvia Earle

The Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern waters. It's an ocean surrounded by land, basically.

The Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern waters. It's an ocean surrounded by land, basically.

Sylvia Earle

If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.

If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.

Sylvia Earle

Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It's agriculture. It's golf courses. It's domestic runoff from our lawns and roads. Ultimately, where does it go? Downstream into the gulf.

Sylvia Earle

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