I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.

The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future.

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.

Oceanography is a terrific career because gradually we seem to be coming around to realize that we had better become as acquainted with the seventy percent of our planet that is covered by water as we are with the dark side of the moon.

Look, Chief, you can't go off half-cocked looking for vengeance against a fish. That shark isn't evil. It's not a murderer. It's just obeying its own instincts. Trying to get retribution against a fish is crazy.

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.