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Famous Robert Ballard Quotes
Source: Return to Titanic: a new look at the world's most famous lost ship
“There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.”
“The greatest discoveries all start with the question "Why?"”
“The DEEP SEA has more history in it than all the museums of the world-combined.”
“Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls.”
“Everyone is an explorer. How could you possibly live your life looking at a door and not open it?”
“Great is the person who plants a tree knowing he will never sit under it.”
“I would have to say my favorite place on Earth is Bora Bora.”
“It's not a huge surprise that there are habitations at the bottom of the Black Sea.”
“So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet.”
“What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre.”
“You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona.”