Ocean Quotes
2174 Ocean quotes by 1339 unique authors
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I always think of space-time as being the real substance of space, and the galaxies and the stars just like the foam on the ocean.
— George Smoot
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Scientists are always the ones who head into the ocean, but I want to take writers and politicians, people who can convey the beauty that…
— Graham Hawkes
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The crazy thing is we live on an ocean planet - nobody gets that yet.
— Graham Hawkes
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Shrimp farms are a scourge on the earth, frankly, from an environmental point of view. They pour huge amounts of pollutants into the ocean. They…
— Jane Poynter
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With epidemics, people have been standing on the shore, waiting for the gusher to hit the ocean. But to prevent epidemics, you have to look…
— Nathan Wolfe
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The simple, stupefying truth that, as a woman, I am a minute ocean, in the dark tropic of whose womb eggs lay coded as roe,…
— Diane Ackerman
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In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a…
— Bjork
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Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I…
— Bjork
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I grew up in the Midwest, quite far from any ocean or any beach, a million miles. I think for kids who grew up where…
— John Malkovich
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The universe is an example of love. Like a tree. Like the ocean. Like my body. Like my wheelchair. I see the love.
— Ram Dass
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As a kid, I did some running but especially loved biking and swimming. I grew up on Long Island, and our mom took us all…
— Alice Dreger
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I love all the arts - so museums, theatre, music, walks near trees or by the ocean, time with people, psychological readings.
— Aimee Bender
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A beach is not only a sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by…
— Henry Grunwald
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In Congress, I am focused on the effects of climate change, including ocean acidification and sea-level rise - both of which are threats to healthy…
— Scott Peters
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A healthy ocean is vital to our economy and well-being. We need clean and healthy oceans to sustain tourism and fisheries.
— Scott Peters
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Being by the ocean is the greatest thing.
— Genesis Rodriguez
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Just as a drop of water in the ocean cannot avail much; but if a great river runneth into it, that maketh a great commotion.
— Jakob Bohme
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I love the ocean; growing up around Laguna Beach, I spent my summers surfing, diving, and snorkeling.
— Greg MacGillivray
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Malaysians talk with Mauritians, Arabs with Australians, South Africans with Sri Lankans, and Iranians with Indonesians. The Indian Ocean serves as both a sea separating…
— Shashi Tharoor
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There is something inexpressibly sad in the thought of the children who crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims and the fathers of Jamestown, New Amsterdam,…
— Alice Morse Earle
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Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and choosing…
— John Bytheway
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A humpback can transmit a sound across a whole ocean. But a supertanker can also be heard coming across a whole ocean, and because the…
— Rose George
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The whole climate is changing: the winds, the ocean currents, the storm patterns, snow packs, snowmelt, flooding, droughts. Temperature is just a bit of it.
— John Holdren
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Just think of any negativity that comes at you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss.
— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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As long as there is a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, Sea Shepherd crew will continue to patrol and defend it.
— Paul Watson
Who Wrote These Ocean Quotes
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