Breathe Quote by Brian Skerry

The health of life on Earth depends on its oceans. But unless we save our seas from the growing mounds of pop bottles, cigarette…

— Zoe Helene

I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the oceans - there will…

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

The simple fact that half of the oxygen that we breathe is produced by the oceans should be reason enough to mobilize around the…

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures on our…

— Sylvia Earle

Life on our planet is defined by the health of our ocean.

— Nainoa Thompson

A healthy ocean is not a luxury item. It is a necessity for survival. And taking care of the ocean means taking care of…

— Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

We need to do a better job of keeping oceans healthy.

— Sigourney Weaver

WE CAN NOT LIVE ON THIS PLANET WITH DEAD OCEANS. IF OUR OCEANS DIE, WE DIE.

— Paul Watson

The ocean is our planet's life support system, yet in my travels and at home, I've seen its degradation firsthand.

— Greg MacGillivray

The oceans themselves are threatened and life itself, therefore, and the planet is threatened because of it.

— John F. Kerry

Remove the predators, and the whole ecosystem begins to crash like a house of cards. As the sharks disappear, the predator-prey balance dramatically shifts,…

— Brian Skerry

Unless we stop the degradation of our oceans, marine ecological systems will begin collapsing and when enough of them fail, the oceans will die.…

— Paul Watson