Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Sylvia Earle

Quote by Sylvia Earle

“If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.”

Quote by Sylvia Earle

Create image

Author

Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle

Sylvia Earle, born on August 30, 1935, is a renowned marine explorer. She is known for her in-depth research on marine ecosystems and her advocacy for ocean conservation. more

You May Also Like

“What beefsteak is to Argentina, flamenco to Spain, cool reserve and self-control in all situations to an Englishman, what vodka is to a Russian and beer to a Bavarian, what money is to a Swiss, that is outdoor-life to an Australian. It is a noble mania, better than vodka, better than cool reserve, better than money.”

SelfHumorFunnySituationNobleBeerAustraliaSelf ControlReservesSpainAustralianEnglishmenArgentinaSwissVodkaManiaFlamencoOutdoor Life
Author:George Mikes
Create image

“To put it in a nutshell, the Central and South American high cultures of antiquity were entirely worthy of comparison with what the Old World had achieved by the time of the Han, the Gupta, and the Hellenistic age. The fact is that the Amerindian high cultures were a human modality of their own, and those Spaniards who came among them first would have had the sensation, if they had ever heard of such literature, of treading in a world of imaginative science fiction. But it was real, and the Amerindian achievements deserve all our sympathy and praise.”

IfsWorldFirstsHumansRealFactsAgeCultureLiteratureFictionHeardAchievementDeservePraiseScience FictionSouthWorthyComparisonSensationsImaginativeAntiquityOld WorldTreadingSpaniardsAztec
Book:Trans-Pacific Echoes and Resonances: Listening Once Again
Create image

“The Spaniards are perfectly right to govern these barbarians of the New World and adjacent islands; they are in prudence, ingenuity, virtue, and humanity as inferior to the Spaniards as children are to adults and women are to men, there being as much difference between them as that between wild and cruel and very merciful persons, the prodigiously intemperate and the continent and tempered, and I daresay from apes to men”

MenWorldChildrenPersonsAmericaHumanityDifferencesHistoryVirtueMen And WomenAdultsMercyCrueltyIslandsNew WorldContinentsColonialismInferiorsPrudenceGoverningApesMercifulIngenuityInferiorityBarbariansProdigiousSpaniardsBad TemperAztec
Author:Juan Gines de Sepulveda
Create image

“The Aztec gods and goddesses are, as far as we have known anything about them, an unlovely and unlovable lot. In their myths there is no grace or charm, no poetry. Only this perpetual grudge, grudge, grudging, one god grudging another, the gods grudging men their existence, and men grudging the animals. The goddess of love is goddess of dirt and prostitution, a dirt-eater, a horror, without a touch of tenderness.”

MenLove IsAnimalExistenceKnownGraceHorrorMythCharmGoddessPerpetualTendernessDirtProstitutionGrudgeGod Is LoveUnlovableGods And GoddessesAztec
Book:Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
Create image

“I've been thinking about something for a long time, and I keep noticing that most human speech-if not all human speech-is made with the outgoing breath. This is the strange thing about presence and absence. When we breath in, our bodies are filled with nutrients and nourishment. Our blood is filled with oxygen, our skin gets flush; our bones get harder-they get compacted. Our muscles get toned and we feel very present when we're breathing in. The problem is, that when we're breathing in, we can't speak. So presence and silence have something to do with each other.”

IfsThinkingFeelsHumansLongMadeProblemBodySpeakSilenceBloodStrangeSpeechLong TimeSkinsHarderBreathsFilledBonesAbsenceBreathingMusclesOxygenNourishmentNoticingStrange ThingsNutrientsOutgoing
Author:Li-Young Lee
Create image