Occupation: Professor Birth: June 30, 1942
Don't confuse facts with reality..
I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality..
The fact that this chain of life existed [at volcanic vents on the seafloor] in the black cold of the deep sea and was utterly independent of sunligh….
You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona..
I am really dedicated to understanding the planet/creature on which we live and know that means I must go beneath the sea to see 72 percent of what i….
Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing..
So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet..
My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. ….
I love all of the Earth..
If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years..
If you plan it out, and it seems logical to you, then you can do it. I discovered the power of a plan..
I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and ….
Great is the person who plants a tree knowing he will never sit under it..
The greatest discoveries all start with the question "Why?".
The deep sea is the largest museum on earth, it contains more history than all the museums on land combined, and yet we're only now penetrating it..
Most of the time you are growing up, people tell you what's wrong with you. Your coach tells you, your parents tell you, the teachers tell you when t….
Fifty percent of our country that we own, have all legal jurisdiction, have all rights to do whatever we want, lies beneath the sea and we have bette….
It's not a huge surprise that there are habitations at the bottom of the Black Sea..
Why are we ignoring the oceans? Why does NASA spend in one year what NOAA will spend in 1600 years? Why are we looking up? Why are we afraid of the o….
The DEEP SEA has more history in it than all the museums of the world-combined..
Remember to always dream. More importantly, work hard to make those dreams come true and never give up..