--- title: "19 Ifs Quotes By Sylvia Earle" description: "19 Ifs quotes by Sylvia Earle. Plus more from Sylvia Earle and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/sylvia-earle-1756_dies_if-the-sea-is-sick-we-ll-feel-it-if-it-d_181707.jpg" --- > [If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/if-the-sea-is-sick-we-ll-feel-it-if-it-dies-we-die-our-future-and-the/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/sylvia-earle-1756_dies_if-the-sea-is-sick-we-ll-feel-it-if-it-d_181707.jpg) > [If I seem like a radical it's because I have seen things that others have not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/if-i-seem-like-a-radical-it-s-because-i-have-seen-things-that-others/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/sylvia-earle-1756_ifs_if-i-seem-like-a-radical-it-s-because-i_1776483.jpg) > [The ocean is dying, and we have no place to escape to if this experiment doesn't go in our favor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/the-ocean-is-dying-and-we-have-no-place-to-escape-to-if-this/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/sylvia-earle-1756_dying_the-ocean-is-dying-and-we-have-no-place_1799708.jpg) > [The most important part is to take on the challenge of protecting the ocean as if your life depends on it -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/the-most-important-part-is-to-take-on-the-challenge-of-protecting-the/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/sylvia-earle-1756_challenges_the-most-important-part-is-to-take-on-th_2277326.jpg) > [We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/we-must-protect-our-ocean-as-if-our-lives-depend-upon-it-because-they/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/sylvia-earle-1756_depend_we-must-protect-our-ocean-as-if-our-live_481322.jpg) > [If you make the choice to just go with the flow, that is a choice to make a difference in a negative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/if-you-make-the-choice-to-just-go-with-the-flow-that-is-a-choice-to/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/sylvia-earle-1756_choice_if-you-make-the-choice-to-just-go-with-t_1969651.jpg) > [Most of life on Earth has a deep past, much deeper than ours. And we have benefited from the distillation of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/most-of-life-on-earth-has-a-deep-past-much-deeper-than-ours-and-we/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/sylvia-earle-1756_deeper_most-of-life-on-earth-has-a-deep-past-mu_2164514.jpg) > [If we have a hope of really understanding our place in nature and of carving out a place for ourselves that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/if-we-have-a-hope-of-really-understanding-our-place-in-nature-and-of/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/sylvia-earle-1756_carving_if-we-have-a-hope-of-really-understandin_644138.jpg) > [There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet-as if the ocean somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/there-is-a-terribly-terrestrial-mindset-about-what-we-need-to-do-to/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/sylvia-earle-1756_bigs_there-is-a-terribly-terrestrial-mindset_1903016.jpg) > [We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/we-still-have-10-percent-of-the-sharks-we-still-have-half-of-the/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/sylvia-earle-1756_coral-reefs_we-still-have-10-percent-of-the-sharks-w_6085.jpg) > [If Darwin could get into a submarine and see what I've seen, thousand of feet beneath the ocean, I am just confident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/if-darwin-could-get-into-a-submarine-and-see-what-i-ve-seen-thousand/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/sylvia-earle-1756_be-inspired_if-darwin-could-get-into-a-submarine-and_1730071.jpg) > [We still have the illusion that the ocean will recover. That even if we do have to lose sharks, people don't understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/we-still-have-the-illusion-that-the-ocean-will-recover-that-even-if/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/sylvia-earle-1756_evidence_we-still-have-the-illusion-that-the-ocea_2074977.jpg) > [Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/even-if-you-never-have-the-chance-to-see-or-touch-the-ocean-the-ocean/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/sylvia-earle-1756_bites_even-if-you-never-have-the-chance-to-see_2331304.jpg) > [The very energy sources that have gotten us to where we are now are also, if we continue doing what we're doing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/the-very-energy-sources-that-have-gotten-us-to-where-we-are-now-are/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/sylvia-earle-1756_dear_the-very-energy-sources-that-have-gotten_2167988.jpg) > [Why does evolution matter? There is so much about the evolution of life, the development of life on Earth that should rivet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/why-does-evolution-matter-there-is-so-much-about-the-evolution-of/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/sylvia-earle-1756_attention_why-does-evolution-matter-there-is-so-mu_2957252.jpg) > [If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/if-darwin-could-see-what-we-now-see-what-we-now-know-about-the-ocean/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/sylvia-earle-1756_atmosphere_if-darwin-could-see-what-we-now-see-what_1051716.jpg) > [The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/the-living-ocean-drives-planetary-chemistry-governs-climate-and/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/sylvia-earle-1756_chemistry_the-living-ocean-drives-planetary-chemis_2397042.jpg) > [Throughout all of human history we've enjoyed certain benign circumstances: an envelope of atmosphere, an envelope of temperature. A kind of resilience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/throughout-all-of-human-history-we-ve-enjoyed-certain-benign/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/sylvia-earle-1756_atmosphere_throughout-all-of-human-history-we-ve-en_394606.jpg) > [People I know who succeed don't mind working. Those who are competent seem to like doing things well -- not stopping because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/people-i-know-who-succeed-don-t-mind-working-those-who-are-competent/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/sylvia-earle-1756_accomplished_people-i-know-who-succeed-don-t-mind-wor_1613228.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Sylvia Earle > [We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50 years, opportunities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/we-still-have-10-percent-of-the-sharks-we-still-have-half-of-the/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [Health to the ocean means health for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/health-to-the-ocean-means-health-for-us/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [Evolution is not something to be feared. It's to be celebrated, embraced, and understood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/evolution-is-not-something-to-be-feared-it-s-to-be-celebrated/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [We are depleting this immense diversity and abundance of life, and it matters tremendously for the future of the planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/we-are-depleting-this-immense-diversity-and-abundance-of-life-and-it/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [My mother was known as the 'bird lady' of the neighborhood. Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/my-mother-was-known-as-the-bird-lady-of-the-neighborhood-anything/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [There is this sweet spot in time when we have an opportunity to stop killing sharks and tunas and swordfish and other wildlife in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/there-is-this-sweet-spot-in-time-when-we-have-an-opportunity-to-stop/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/the-sudden-release-of-five-million-barrels-of-oil-enormous-quantities/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/i-ve-always-said-underwater-or-on-top-men-and-women-are-compatible/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [With respect to the ocean being the heart of our blue planet: We are often asked, 'How much protection is enough?' We can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/with-respect-to-the-ocean-being-the-heart-of-our-blue-planet-we-are/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/if-the-sea-is-sick-we-ll-feel-it-if-it-dies-we-die-our-future-and-the/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [The ocean seemed like a sea of Eden. But now we are facing paradise lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/the-ocean-seemed-like-a-sea-of-eden-but-now-we-are-facing-paradise/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [When you think about the real cost of so-called cheap energy that has driven our prosperity to unprecedented levels, for some of us, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/when-you-think-about-the-real-cost-of-so-called-cheap-energy-that-has/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/when-i-arrived-on-the-planet-there-were-only-two-billion-wildlife-was/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [I've had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/i-ve-had-the-joy-of-spending-thousands-of-hours-under-the-sea-i-wish/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) > [The observations that have developed over the years have given us perspective about where we fit in. We are newcomers, really recent arrivals on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/the-observations-that-have-developed-over-the-years-have-given-us/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/sylvia-earle/#itemlist", "name": "19 Ifs Quotes By Sylvia Earle", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. 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