Robert Ballard Quotes

Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn't enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the moon. So we went to the moon, played golf up there, before we went to the largest feature on our own planet.
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.
I believe in just enriching the economy. And we're leaving so much on the table, 72 percent of the planet.
I'm a geophysicist and all my earth science books when I was a student, I had to give the wrong answer to get an A. We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at. We learned of Marshall Kay's geosynclinal cycle, which is a bunch of crap.
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.
Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing.
There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.
Don't confuse facts with reality.
Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours.
Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls.
I am a geologist.
I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter.
I am really dedicated to understanding the planet/creature on which we live and know that means I must go beneath the sea to see 72 percent of what is going on.
I can't travel without Sudoku.
I love all of the Earth.
I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality.
I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.
I prefer sayings over jokes.
I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women!
I would have to say my favorite place on Earth is Bora Bora.
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