- Nov 07, 2020
Ocean Quotes
The ocean as metaphor, and as a place to breathe.
Several of these quotes use the ocean as a metaphor for scale and helplessness - civilization compared to thin ice over deep chaos, a person likened to a leaf drifting without any say in where it goes. See Life quotes for more on navigating uncertainty.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was once stranded on a broken-down boat in shark-infested waters in the middle of the Indian Ocean for five days before we were rescued while doing a 'Vogue' shoot.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll tell you what me scares me is plastic. Plastic bags and plastic bottles and these things. Why does my water have to be in a bloody plastic bottle? The landfill and the ocean. And I don't know, I'm just terrified with the proliferation of plastic.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria that are thermophilic and can survive at the steam vent heat that would otherwise produce, if fish were there, sous-vide cooked fish, nevertheless, have managed to make that a hospitable environment for them.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
- Sun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cirque du Soleil means Circus of the Sun. When I need to take time to reenergize, I go somewhere by the ocean to sit back and watch the sunsets. That is where the idea of 'Soleil' came from, on a beach in Hawaii, and because the sun is the symbol of youth and energy.
- Plants
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like the ocean, land plants hold about three times as much carbon as the atmosphere. While oceans take many centuries to exchange this mass with the air, flora take only a few years.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not only have I made films about the subject, but I've largely funded them on my own, so I'm fully committed to doing whatever I can to change the audience's respect and appreciation for the ocean. In 100 years I want whales, dolphins and sharks to still be around, and the ocean to be a healthier place.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the ocean; growing up around Laguna Beach, I spent my summers surfing, diving, and snorkeling.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been using the power of the IMAX medium, with its gigantic screens and supervivid pictures, to get people to fall in love with the ocean.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ocean is our planet's life support system, yet in my travels and at home, I've seen its degradation firsthand.
- Flight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Deep Flight Challenger technology is a game-changer for ocean exploration.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scientists are always the ones who head into the ocean, but I want to take writers and politicians, people who can convey the beauty that is there and perhaps do something to take care of it.
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- Nov 07, 2020