Fifty percent of the United States of America is underneath the ocean. And we have better maps of Mars than those areas.

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 better maps of Mars than that 50 percent.

Fifty percent of the United States of America is underneath the ocean. And we have better maps of Mars than those areas.

It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.

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 they grade you. I think that's very good in the early stages, because it helps you then develop skills. But at some point in your career, generally I think when you are in your teens, you look in a mirror and you have to say, despite all the bumps and warts, "I like that person I'm looking at, and let's just do our best."

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.

I prefer sayings over jokes.