Ancient Quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

The Atlantic Ocean was something then.

— John Guare

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

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

About a billion years ago, long before the continents had separated to define the ancient oceans, or their own outlines had been determined, a…

— James A. Michener

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

“But afterwards there occurred violent earthquakes and floods; and in a single day and night of misfortune all your warlike men in a body…

— Plato

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.

— H. P. Lovecraft

Their experiments caused them to destabilize the structure of the continent and thus Atlantis sank beneath the waves.

— Frederick Lenz

I thought that when they said Atlantic Charter, that meant me and everybody in Africa and Asia and everywhere. But it seems like the…

— Zora Neale Hurston

“This power came forth out of the Atlantic Ocean, for in those days the Atlantic was navigable; and there was an island situated in…

— Plato

The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the…

— Rachel Carson

Once, this whole world had been hidden beneath a shallow sea.

— Kim Edwards