- Haul
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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
- Horrified
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm horrified of lobsters. And shrimp and lobsters are the cockroaches of the ocean.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I put the sound of the ocean on, that's going to do something to you. And I know what that is because it does it to me, too.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young boy, I was very interested - as I still am - in all sorts of adventure and exploration. I thought about being an astronaut, a dinosaur scientist, or marine biologist, but I clearly was drawn to the ocean and to the water.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love storytelling, I love being a visual person, and it just made perfect sense to be an underwater photographer and explore the ocean and work with scientists.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a photographer, sharks are a stirring subject, possessing a perfect blend of grace and power. They have been sculpted by evolution and are ideally suited for whichever ecosystem they inhabit, from coral reefs to the open ocean.
- Natural
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a surfer, I am interested in the ocean. And I am concerned and interested in all of these natural and cultural rumblings underfoot as well.
- Peaceful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shy is the oyster, fervent is the clam, peaceful is the ocean floor rocked by the sands of time.
- Nov 07, 2020
I went to see Ocean Colour Scene at Shepherds Bush and and felt part of something. They paved the way for me.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had a deep connection with the ocean, and could never see myself landlocked.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all have an edge. We all are floating our psyche on top with a great ocean underneath.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We absolutely need to clean up the plastic that's already in the ocean. It won't go away by itself. But we do also need to make sure that no more plastic enters the oceans in the first place. These things should go hand in hand.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I envisioned an extremely long network of floating barriers - they're like curtains floating in the ocean which are attached to the seabed. So what happens is that the current comes around and plastic gets pushed towards these barriers. And because it's in a V-shape, the plastic gets push towards the center.
- Environment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really, the ocean itself - that's really the thing that we're up against, the most destructive environment on the planet.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do enjoy being at the ocean, like most people, but not so much being on the ocean.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coastlines are very effective ways of catching plastic. But the thing is, in those vast ocean garbage patches, there's simply no coastlines to catch any plastic. So we built our own artificial coastline.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020