- Bouncing
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- 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
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I propose to construct a new chart for navigating, on which I shall delineate all the sea and lands of the Ocean in their proper positions under their bearings; and further, I propose to prepare a book, and to put down all as it were in a picture, by latitude from the equator, and western longitude.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love being by the ocean. It stills the voices in my head.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like solo sailors venturing into the Southern Ocean, climbers are seduced by risk. The desire to push to a summit or scale a rock face is so strong that they consciously or subconsciously minimize safety precautions drilled into their brains.
- Desert
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going up north with the redwoods and driving along the coast, it's got everything, man. It's got the desert, the mountains, and the ocean. It's beautiful.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Following the devastating India Ocean tsunami of 2004, I founded Chefs for Humanity, modeled after Doctors Without Borders, but comprised of chefs. There wasn't anything out there like it, and there was a definite need for chefs to be able to offer assistance and aid.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite hotel is the Villa Alilla in Bali. The setting is pure bliss, overlooking the ocean of Uluwhatu; the eye line makes you feel as if you're floating on top of the ocean.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as Europa goes, Europa very likely has an ocean under its surface. In that regard, Europa and Enceladus are on equal par. But on Europa, the ocean is at least several kilometers under the surface, and the moon is bathed in an intense radiation field.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
Voyager's passage through Saturn's inner system exposed diverse moons with dynamic forces at work. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, whose surface remained invisible through its thick, ubiquitous haze, nonetheless teased observers with hints of a possible ocean of liquid hydrocarbons.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if the ocean on Enceladus starts out being as microbially poor as the pelagic ocean on Earth, which is the worst case, we still have a chance of seeing lots of organisms in the plumes.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.
- Detailed
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- Nov 07, 2020