In the past few decades, Earth's natural systems have endured more pressure than in all preceding human history.

With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.

We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.

The oceans deserve our respect and care, but you have to know something before you can care about it.

Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.

No water, no life. No blue, no green.

Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don't see sharks.

Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home.

Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.

I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.

If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.

You’ve been wondering lately when the moment is that somebody is truly lost to you.

When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy.

No one ever likes the right person.

I was denied a record contract for 15 years, so I'm not going to be too picky about what I do. I don't have the juice to say no too many times.

Why is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?

When you see me on TV, that's about as close to my real personality as you can get.

Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.

And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God.

Black holes result from God dividing the universe by zero.

Lord, I could not endure a husband with a beard on his face! I had rather lie in the woolen.