Sylvia Earle Quotes

Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life. It's akin to using a bulldozer to catch a butterfly, destroying a whole ecosystem for the sake of a few pounds of protein. We wouldn't do this on land, so why do it in the oceans?

Sylvia Earle

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LifeSeaButterflyOceanSupport

If there's ever a moment when I am an Anglophile, it's when I see so many theatres in this country that have what I would call federal funding.

Stephen Karam

MomentI AmCountrySeeI SeeCall

I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in fashion.

Tom Ford

LoveFashionThinkDoingEnjoySay

Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice.

Robinson Jeffers

PleasureLeadCarrotMarket

I'm not really a fan of sleep, to be honest with you. I work out at 9:30 or 10 o'clock at night, and sometimes I just keep going. I've never been a big sleeper.

Rob Kardashian

WorkKeep GoingSleepNightYouOut

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

Jay Asher

PeopleWritingBookYouWriteRead

My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every day I do try to write 800-1,200 words. I don't always achieve it, and the reality is that a lot of the words I write will end up on the cutting-room floor.

Chris Bohjalian

DayWordsOpinionRealityEndYou

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

Colley Cibber

GoodMannersCompassBeyondWit

A song is anything that can walk by itself.

Bob Dylan

WalkSongAnythingItself

We are the first to honour the memories of those who perished through slavery, by declaring August 1 as Emancipation Day.

Anthony Carmona

MemoriesDaySlaveryFirstThrough

Estimates are that at least 70 per cent of all stars are accompanied by planets, and since the latter can occur in systems rather than as individuals (think of our own solar system), the number of planets in the Milky Way galaxy is of order one trillion.

Seth Shostak

StarsThinkWayGalaxySolarOwn

It is a very lonely life that a man leads, who becomes aware of truths before their times.

Thomas Reed

LifeManLonelyAwareWhoBefore

No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.

Thomas Beecham

MeEnoughStarSoonDied

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