Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Since writing JAWS, I've been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while.
Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
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.
Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.