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“We're still under the weight of this impression that the ocean is too big to fail, that the planet is too big to fail.”

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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

“Throughout all of human history we've enjoyed certain benign circumstances: an envelope of atmosphere, an envelope of temperature. A kind of resilience that if you cut down trees, then they'll grow back. You take fish, they recover. You put stuff into the atmosphere that you know is not good for us, but we can still breathe. We haven't awakened, generally, to the sense of urgency that does exist.”

“There is this sweet spot in time when we have an opportunity to stop killing sharks and tunas and swordfish and other wildlife in the sea before it's too late.”

Opportunity Sea Sweet Late Killing Spots Too Late Wildlife Sharks Before It's Too Late

Author:Sylvia Earle

“We still have the illusion that the ocean will recover. That even if we do have to lose sharks, people don't understand why this matters. The evidence is in front of us, and we fail to take it in and say, "Now I get it. Now I understand."”

People Ifs Stills Matter Loses Failing Fronts Ocean Illusion Evidence Sharks

Author:Sylvia Earle

“We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior.”

Behavior Destructive Destructive Behavior

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“Even our rules and regulations, our laws, our policies, favor the destructive nature of taking too much from the ocean and using techniques that are horribly destructive. We know they don't work. We know it's not sustainable.”

Knows Law Too Much Policy Ocean Technique Favors Destructive Regulation Rules And Regulations

Author:Sylvia Earle

“We want to believe that we can continue doing what we've done for the past thousand years and not worry about the consequences coming back to us.”

Want Years Believe Done Past Worry Thousand Consequence Thousand Years Coming Back

Author:Sylvia Earle

“That attitude of arrogance, that attitude of "It's all about me. It's all about what I can get out of life now" - well, I'm personally driven by wanting to get out of my life the best I can achieve as a gift for those who come after me.”

Wells I Can Attitude Achieve Driven Arrogance

Author:Sylvia Earle

“Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.”

Writing Reason Reading Language Sin Committed Reason Why Torture Ingenious Previous Life Irish Author

Book:The Complete Works of James Joyce: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Poetry, Essays & Letters: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegan’s Wake, Dubliners, The Cat and the Devil, Exiles, Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach, Stephen Hero, Giacomo Joyce, Critical Writings & more

Source: The Complete Works of James Joyce: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Poetry, Essays & Letters: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegan’s Wake, Dubliners, The Cat and the Devil, Exiles, Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach, Stephen Hero, Giacomo Joyce, Critical Writings & more

“Humanity is creating an extinction event that will make every war ever fought a footnote to history. We belong to the only generation in history that can turn this around - we're one step away from greatness or the biggest disaster since the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs.”

War Humanity Turns Steps Generations Events Greatness Creating Disaster Extinction Dinosaurs Footnotes Meteors

Author:Louie Psihoyos

“What gives me hope is art - it's the most powerful weapons ever created. It's a weapon of mass construction.”

Giving Art Powerful Weapons Mass Give Me Most Powerful Construction Powerful Weapons

Author:Louie Psihoyos

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