Ancient Quote by Edward Forbes

Why are the bones of great fishes, and oysters and corals and various other shells and sea-snails, found on the high tops of mountains…

— Leonardo da Vinci

“With these surface waters, through a series of delicately adjusted, interlocking relationship, the life of all parts of the sea is linked. What happens…

— Rachel Carson

It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there…

— Charles Lyell

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…

— Matthew Fontaine Maury

“There, at a depth to which divers would find it difficult to descend, are caverns, haunts, and dusky mazes, where monstrous creatures multiply and…

— Victor Hugo

The corals do not look much worn, but still appear to have been dead. There are some delicate shells of molluscs from depths beyond…

— Edward Forbes

Our seas do have fish in them. We have to change our eating habits, the type of fish we tend to go for. Pollack…

— Rick Stein

There is the life of the plankton in almost endless variety; there are the many kinds of fish, both surface and bottom living; there…

— Alister Hardy

Let us suppose that an ichthyologist is exploring the life of the ocean. He casts a net into the water and brings up a…

— Arthur Eddington

“Said the Hoopoe: 'O ignorant of the sea, don't you know that it is full of crocodiles and other dangerous creatures? Sometimes its water…

— Farid ud-Din Attar

Our lands and waters share incredible bounty and beauty. Trekking across forests and mountains, exploring beaches in search of shellfish, and fishing from clear…

— Jay Inslee

In the springtime, we have softshell crab from Maryland, which I'd never had until I came to America. In the summer and early fall,…

— Daniel Boulud