Graham Hawkes quotes

Everyone loves to fly and flying underwater is even better than flying in air because there are things around you. (Graham Hawkes)
Theres something just magical about flight. Period. View quote
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Pressure hulls collapse at the speed of sound. Once that starts, you're inside your own little imploding atomic bomb, and you're gone. View quote
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The crazy thing is we live on an ocean planet - nobody gets that yet. View quote
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Movies like 'The Abyss' and 'Jaws' make people think the ocean is threatening. It's not. It's very tranquil. View quote
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Earth is a silly name for this planet. View quote
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Scientists are always the ones who head into the ocean, but I want to take writers and politicians, people who can convey the beauty that is there and perhaps do something to take care of it. View quote
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The Deep Flight Challenger technology is a game-changer for ocean exploration. View quote
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One time on a dive, I wound up drifting up in darkness surrounded by billions of photoluminescent creatures. It was a religious experience, one only a poet could do justice to. View quote
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Science is about filling in the details. View quote
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I don't have to be smarter than anybody else. I've just plain worked harder and longer than anybody else. (Graham Hawkes)
I grew up before computers. Computers are changing things, not all for the good. View quote
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Space exploration promised us alien life, lucrative planetary mining, and fabulous lunar colonies. News flash, ladies and gents: Space is nearly empty. It's a sterile vacuum, filled mostly with the junk we put up there. View quote
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I think the future of this planet depends on humans, not technology, and we already have the knowledge - we're kind of at the endgame with knowledge. But we're nowhere near the endgame when it comes to our perception. We still have one foot in the dark ages. View quote
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If you go back to the early days of aviation, the guys designing it built it, and then they got in it and flew it. I mean, who does that anymore? View quote
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The ocean is this beautiful, unexplored place. Why on Earth everyone isn't down there, I don't know. View quote
Graham Hawkes

Graham Hawkes

Occupation: English Designer
Born: December 23, 1947
Quotes count: 16