Exploration Quotes

451 quotes by 356 authors

I liked to use my face mask more than the diving helmet for most occasions. I was learning to hold my breath longer now and… — Eugenie Clark
In the course of time I have learned to tramp about coral reefs, twenty to thirty feet under water, so unconcernedly that I can pay… — William Beebe
... the only other place comparable to these marvelous nether regions, must surely be naked space itself, out far beyond atmosphere, between the stars, where… — William Beebe
A great number of soundings, mainly along the continental slope of the New England States were also taken by the vessels of the United States… — Alexander Agassiz
...It is a very remarkable fact that the species of shell-fish common to Greenland and Finmark are not all inhabitants of deep or moderately deep… — Edward Forbes
Could the waters of the Atlantic be drawn off, so as to expose to view this great sea-gash, which separates continents, and extends from the… — Matthew Fontaine Maury
It is probable that a greater number of monuments of the skill and industry of man will, in the course of the ages, be collected… — Charles Lyell
Of all the ships that have been devoted to biological explorations of the sea, none has surpassed the endeavors conducted on board the U. S.… — Paul Bartsch
Moreover it is becoming the Britons, whether scientific or unscientific, who boast at all fitting occasions of their aptitude to rule the waves, should know… — Edward Forbes
Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space. Moreover, all our knowledge of organic remains teaches… — Edward Forbes
I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a… — Louis Agassiz
But unless some great revolution in nature modifies the present relative level between land and sea, it may safely be maintained that the present outer… — Louis Agassiz
Walking aft a few feet we stand at the steering gear of the ship. There is no cozy; wheel-house on the bridge for the quartermaster… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker
It is pleasant to notice that the harmony between the naturalists and officers of the "Blake" was not for an instant disturbed during the time… — Alexander Agassiz
My familiarity with the successful use of very long steel ropes for mining purposes naturally suggested their adaptation to the new purpose of deep sea… — Alexander Agassiz
Their violence (the jungle wars of the '70s), and all violence for that matter, reflects the neutral exploration of sensation that is taking place, within… — J. G. Ballard
From the happy-go-lucky days of oil exploration and drilling, when a lot of easy sources were being found and easily managed, we're gotten ourselves into… — Carl Safina
What was considered a peak mystical experience a few years ago is today the basic platform of sanity from which our exploration begins. — Arjuna Ardagh
We live in a society that will send us to prison if we make use of time-honored sacred plants to explore our own consciousness. Yet… — Graham Hancock
The Afrocentric exploration of the black past only scratches the surface. A full examination of the ancestry of those who are referred to in the… — Ishmael Reed

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