98 Quotes by Sylvia A. Earle

All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. 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.

Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There’s no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here.

If Darwin could get into a submarine and see what I’ve seen, thousand of feet beneath the ocean, I am just confident that he would be inspired to sit down and start writing all over again.

Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.

America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.

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

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

Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oceans is even greater.