America Quote by Eugene Sue

“The word ‘arctic’ comes from the Greek artikos, which means ‘near the bear’, and is a reference to the Ursa Major constellation whose last…

— Tim Marshall

What shall we call this undetermin'd state, This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless oceans, That whence we came, and that to which we tend?

— George Lillo

“...a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension; where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost;”

— John Milton

Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?

— Fanny Crosby

“What in water did Bloom, waterlover, drawer of water, watercarrier, returning to the range, admire? Its universality: its democratic equality and constancy to its…

— James Joyce

“A mile below the lowest cloud, rock breaches water and the sea begins. It has been given many names. Each inlet and bay and…

— China Miéville

Some studies suggest that the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free by the end of the century.

— Jeff Goodell

Most of the oceans in the Solar System are deep beneath ice shelves.

— Alan Stern

The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end…

— Jules Verne

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

The Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern waters. It's…

— Sylvia Earle

Millions upon millions of years ago, when the continents were already formed and the principal features of the earth had been decided, there existed,…

— James A. Michener