Marine Biology Quotes

“Dolphins and sharks are natural enemies. Dolphins are like, "Quit eating us," and sharks are like, "Stop smiling all the time, you morons.”
― Dan Florence, Zombies Love Pizza

“The ocean is a dangerous place, but it’s also a place you can still go and have to yourself, a place that’s clean and, yes, wild. If you go into the ocean you’re making a choice. You need to know you can drown, you can get lost, or you can be eaten by great beasts.”
― David Helvarg, Saved by the Sea: Hope, Heartbreak, and Wonder in the Blue World

“The oceans, it turns out, are full of bone-eating worms”
― Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss

“Science and faith may do different things along their search for Truth, but like the water that flows between low and high tide, we need them both. To judge one without the other is to forsake half the wonders we are meant to experience.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Diving, I floated amid an entirely new ecosystem filled with creatures and vegetation that seemed to beckon me in. The responsibilities and worries of my life couldn’t penetrate the gleaming waters, offering me a weightlessness in both body and spirit.”
― Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds

“Only the continued attention of a concerned public, plus genuine scientific research into the biology and natural history of these remarkable animals, will ensure that our children and grandchildren will be able to see for themselves the largest animals to have ever lived on earth. Stay informed, eat seafood responsibly, speak out, and support genuine marine biological research. If you enjoy the offshore environment, then act to protect it. Today we are the stewards of our environment, and if we lose these precious ocean resources through our ignorance, greed, or indifference, we will have caused an immeasurable loss to future generations of humanity.”
― Noble S. Proctor, A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife: Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Fish, and Other Sea Life

“The sea is not made of water. Creatures are its genes.”
― Adam Nicolson, The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides

“Just as science without faith is landlocked, faith without science floats on the surface.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“In hard moments, beauty still abounds, like being surrounded by unique creatures and sunlit silhouettes in an underwater canyon... The darkness is where we see the streams of light pour in, making the true shapes of things clear.”
― Rachel G. Jordan

“When I went about my work as usual and expected to experience nothing else, my day was filled with the mundane... But when I entered the water determined to keep my eyes peeled, to see the underwater world for all its God-created splendor, then my day was filled with beauty.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Knowing and loving God functions for a Christian the way that good training functions for a scuba diver. It teaches us. It trains how we see and respond to the world. It is represented in the decisions we make-- even the smallest ones.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“We can be assured that if God has called us to something, he goes with us. He jumps off the boat beside us... He goes to the depths of his ocean with us.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“A cold, vast universe feels foreboding until informed by the reality of God's loving character. The dark, bizarre ecology of the deep sea seems terrifying until we recognize who created it. What initially filled one with fear now results in open-mouthed wonder.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Just as a well-aimed telescope can clarify that what appears to be empty space is actually filled with heavenly glory, science has the power to uncover bits and pieces of the workmanship of God. Science enlightens the heats of those who love its creator.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Through continued exposure, Scripture can become like a favorite dive site. As much as we may come to recognize its words, it unceasingly offers up surprises from its pages-- treasures of discipleship to teach, rebuke, correct, and train us so that we might become equipped for every good work.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Humans were designed to be the choir directors of creation's praises to God... And the tremendous biodiversity of creation lends rich harmonies to this choir's praise of our Creator. The greater the ecological diversity, the greater potential to maximize praise.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Much like the perspective and creativity of an artist is revealed through their art, the character of God can be revealed through everything he has made.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science