If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.

Any astronaut can tell you you've got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.

America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.

I've had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.

Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.

I'm haunted by the thought of what Ray Anderson calls 'tomorrow's child,' asking why we didn't do something on our watch to save sharks and bluefin tuna and squids and coral reefs and the living ocean while there still was time. Well, now is that time.

The ocean is dying, and we have no place to escape to if this experiment doesn't go in our favor.