98 Quotes by Sylvia A. Earle

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

As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything we did not want, from garbage and nuclear wastes to sludge from sewage to entire ships that had reached the end of their useful life.

With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.

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.

There’s plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.

I’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’

I suggest to everyone: Look in the mirror. Ask yourself: Who are you? What are your talents? Use them, and do what you love.

The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century.

If the sea is sick, we’ll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.