It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist: the threat is rather to life itself.
Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
We know that when we protect our oceans we're protecting our future.
With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.
I had fought on behalf of man against the sea, but I realized that it had become more urgent to fight on behalf of the sea against men.
Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they've spent time in and around the ocean, and they've personally seen the beauty, the fragility, and even the degradation of our planet's blue heart.
The wars of the twenty-first century will be fought over water.
The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
No water, no life. No blue, no green.
We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.
The sea is the universal sewer.
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
Without water, our planet would be one of the billions of lifeless rocks floating endlessly in the vastness of the inky-black void.
I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us.
I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the oceans - there will always be life - but they're getting sicker every year.
Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does something or does not do something.
Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet.
We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine.
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