Ocean Quotes

2174 Ocean quotes by 1339 unique authors

No mercy, no power but its own controls it. Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean… — Herman Melville
At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided. It was a sharp, cold Christmas; and as the short northern… — Herman Melville
If you were the sky, I would unfurl myself in you, as a rainbow of colors yet unseen. I would become oceans of stars in… — Vanna Bonta
Fish love the ocean. Snakes move like earth-fish inside a mountain,well away from seawater. Certain sunfish,though,turn snakes into ocean lovers. — Unknown Author
The abundance of God is like a mighty ocean, so vast you cannot possibly exhaust it or cause a shortage for others. You can go… — Henry Thomas Hamblin
Soul is at home in the deep, shaded valleys. Heavy torpid flowers saturated with black grow there. The rivers flow like warm syrup. They empty… — Dalai Lama
We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark. — Unknown Author
To me, Venice and Ocean Park were gaiety. I had not been allowed to go to those things as a youngster. — Marion Davies
Underneath Day's azure eyes, Ocean's nursling, Venice lies, A peopled labyrinth of walls, Amphitrite's destined halls — Percy Bysshe Shelley
We have ignored this cancer for so long that the romance of environmental concern is already fading in the shadow of the grim realities of… — Edmund Muskie
Behind him the Master of Ceremonies cleared his throat. His eyes took on a distant, glazed look.The Stealer of Souls, he said in the faraway… — Terry Pratchett
FAUSTUS. Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for Mephistophilis. By him I'll be great emperor of the world,… — Christopher Marlowe
When ... we realize the possibilities of deep sea life still unknown to us, every haul of the dredge should be welcomed by an expectant… — William Beebe
Aside from its importance to many branches of science, a knowledge of the oceans has a practical value for mankind. The intelligent development of our… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker
The configuration of the ocean-floor is of great interest to seismologists studying the movements of the Earth's crust. Oceanographers are also able to explain certain… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker
To indicate how large a part of the Earth is covered by the oceans, we might call attention to the fact that a whole hemisphere,… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker
Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it. — John F. Kennedy
We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is. — James Garner
NASA's annual budget for space exploration could fund NOAA's budget for ocean exploration for 1600 years. — Robert Ballard
Fifty percent of the United States of America is underneath the ocean. And we have better maps of Mars than those areas. — Robert Ballard
The deep sea is the largest museum on earth, it contains more history than all the museums on land combined, and yet we're only now… — Robert Ballard
My final question: Why are we not looking at moving out onto the sea? Why do we have programs to build a habitation on Mars… — Robert Ballard
When we return wild animals to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs. For man cannot give wild animals freedom, they can… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
You see layers as you look down. you see clouds towering up. You see their shadows on the sunlit plains, and you see a ship's… — Joseph P. Allen
All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of… — Isaac Newton

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