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I don't think you can ever get closer to the natural world, than just a man - as in mankind - in an ocean, just you and it. It's not about conquering the ocean, it's about working with it.

Quotes by Ben Fogle

I often think to myself, at the end of an interesting life it's maybe not such a bad thing to spend your last days with your friends sitting by the blue, blue ocean reliving the story of your life while...

Quotes by Baz Luhrmann

I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!

Quotes by Barry Sternlicht

I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are...

Quotes by Baltasar Kormakur

I once wrote a short story called 'The Best Blues Singer in the World,' and it went like this: 'The streets that Balboa walked were his own private ocean, and Balboa was drowning.' End of story. That says it all....

Quotes by August Wilson

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke

For pure joy, I look at a small painting by Arbit Blatas. An ocean liner is at the center of the composition, perhaps ready to depart. It holds the promise of discovery.

Quotes by Antonio Damasio

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that's science.

Anton Chekhov

I think space exploration is very important. I think there is very intelligent life on Mars. I believe that Martians are spying on us from the bottom of the ocean.

Quotes by Annabella Sciorra

We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean.

Quotes by Anna Freud

I do like the ocean wave, actually. I'm born under the sign of Cancer - the sign of the crab - so I like coastal areas and sunny beaches and such - although not the wide-open and deep seas.

Quotes by Anjelica Huston

I grew up next to the ocean, on the coast, and would dance the salsa all day, so I just learned those rhythms and knew how to move my body when I was very little.

Quotes by Ana de la Reguera

I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves.

Quotes by Amy Purdy

When I was 10 years old, I threw a bottle with a note in it in the ocean in Massachusetts, and Harrison Salisbury found it and contacted me. We began a correspondence that lasted for years, and I eventually met...

Quotes by Amor Towles

I once had an Early Girl tomato at my friend Jay's house, and I thought that was the best thing I'd ever had. But then I visited friends in Senegal, and I ate sea urchin pulled fresh out of the...

Quotes by Alice Waters

As a kid, I did some running but especially loved biking and swimming. I grew up on Long Island, and our mom took us all the time to the ocean, so I grew up doing open-water swimming in the Atlantic.

Quotes by Alice Dreger

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

Quotes by Alexander Pope

Practically the whole world depends on coral reefs, so if the coral reefs get all killed, then the ocean will start going out of whack, and if the ocean goes out of whack, something might happen on land.

Quotes by Alexander Gould

If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another - and always into a better set - things might be easier, but the trouble is that there is no one to prepare the new rooms. The future...

Quotes by Alexander Herzen

I love Frank Ocean. We're going to get married. In true life, we should get married.

Quotes by Alex Newell

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "ocean" quotes cover?
It ranges from Cold War-era alliance history, to a metaphor for civilization's fragility, a political metaphor about powerlessness, and a personal comment on enjoying sea air.
Does a quote discuss historical foreign alliances?
Yes, restrained: one quote recalls, "In the 1950s, Pakistan allied with the United States in something called the Central Treaty Organization." It's presented as the speaker's own historical recollection, not a claim this page takes a position on.
Is there a quote using the ocean as a metaphor for civilization?
Yes: "Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness."
Does a quote use the ocean to describe powerlessness?
Yes: "Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice."
Is there a lighter, personal quote about the ocean?
Yes: "I feel comfortable in Chiba. There's more fresh air, and you can see the ocean."

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