Ocean Exploration Quotes

36 quotes by 15 authors

It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest. — Robert Ballard
Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing. — Robert Ballard
There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. — Robert Ballard
If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years. — Robert Ballard
Mission 31 pays homage to my grandfather's work and all aquanauts who have since followed his lead in the name of ocean exploration. — Fabien Cousteau
Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls. — Robert Ballard
The future is in the hands of those who explore... and from all the beauty they discover while crossing perpetually receding frontiers, they develop for… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction-up, down, sideways-by merely flipping his hand. Under water, man becomes an archangel. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
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
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

Who Wrote These Ocean Exploration Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 36 Ocean Exploration Quotes as follows: