Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.

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.

Figures are the most shocking things in the world. The prettiest little squiggles of black looked at in the right light and yet consider the blow they can give you upon the heart.

Bugs never bug my head. They are amazing. It is the activities of humans which actually bug me all the time.

The distance between success and your dreams is hard work.

Since we never get everything we want or need from our families, we look for sufficiency in surrogates.

Though one’s occupation for his or her livelihood involves physical work or menial labor, it is held that the job carries dignity, compared to the jobs that involve more intellect than body.

Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.

I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the confederacy.

The Broadway schedule is so tough, so relentless there was almost no time to enjoy all the stuff.

Killing time takes practice.

I'm lucky; my parents have never said to me, "You're a kid, so you just don't know." They say, "How can we discuss the world and learn from these events together?"