Robert Ballard quotes

Robert Ballard is an American oceanographer and marine geologist, renowned for discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic. His pioneering underwater explorations have shed light on shipwrecks and deep-sea ecosystems. He has inspired generations of scientists and explorers with his groundbreaking achievements. Here are 30 of his quotes:

So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet. (Robert Ballard)
Well, when I was a kid, I grew up in San Diego next to the ocean. The ocean was my friend - my best friend. View quote
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I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter. View quote
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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. View quote
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Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours. View quote
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It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest. View quote
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Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls. View quote
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Don't confuse facts with reality. View quote
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There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. View quote
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What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre. View quote
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There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world combined. And there's no law governing that history. It's finders keepers. (Robert Ballard)
You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona. View quote
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The Titanic will protect itself. View quote
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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. View quote
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There's a long list of technologies that have now made it possible to carry out very precise search efforts in the deep sea. View quote
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I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women! View quote
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I would have to say my favorite place on Earth is Bora Bora. View quote
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I prefer sayings over jokes. View quote
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I can't travel without Sudoku. (Robert Ballard)
I love all of the Earth. View quote
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The body is sort of a pain. It has to go to the bathroom. It has to be comfortable. But the spirit is indestructible. It can move at the speed of light. View quote
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Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing. View quote
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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. View quote
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Robert Ballard

Robert Ballard - Image
Photo: Titanic Belfast, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Scientist
Born: June 30, 1942
Quotes count: 30