William Beebe

“And so the marvels of nature go on evolving,---wheels within wheels”

— William Beebe

The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony…

— William Beebe

The longer we were in it, the smaller it seemed to get.

— William Beebe

To write honestly and with conviction anything about the migration of birds, one should oneself have migrated. Somehow or other we should…

— William Beebe

The isness of things is well worth studying; but it is their whyness that makes life worth living.

— William Beebe

The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters,…

— William Beebe

To be a Naturalist is better than to be a King.

— William Beebe

“Before we have the complete solution of the whys and wherefores of herding and flocking and schooling, there must be a great…

— William Beebe

I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent under water, and that would be…

— William Beebe

When ... we realize the possibilities of deep sea life still unknown to us, every haul of the dredge should be welcomed…

— William Beebe

Earth has few secrets from the birds.

— William Beebe

Butterflies doing strange things in very beautiful ways were in my mind when I sat down, but by the time my pen…

— William Beebe

“……but work in the field has nothing to do with dignity or with anything except patience, concentration, and eternal vigilance”

— William Beebe

In the course of time I have learned to tramp about coral reefs, twenty to thirty feet under water, so unconcernedly that…

— William Beebe

A first walk in any new country is one of the things which makes life on this planet worth being grateful for.

— William Beebe

... the only other place comparable to these marvelous nether regions, must surely be naked space itself, out far beyond atmosphere, between…

— William Beebe