We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking.

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day. I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence. 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.

There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by only observing prisoners held in solitary confinement.

With earth's burgeoning human population to feed we must turn to the sea with understanding and new technology. We need to farm it as we farm the land.

The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.