Ocean Depths Quotes

My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.

The deep sea is a scary world.

Right up until the late 18th century, when the first weighted lines were used to probe the ocean depths, many people believed the seas were bottomless - the watery equivalent of infinite outer space.

I think going into space would be like going deep into the ocean, like 5,000 meters down. When you go down that far, it's just awfully black. There's not much there except mud and some particles. I imagine space would be a similar thing. The only difference is you're hoping to bump into some sort of intelligent extraterritorial being.

When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion That peaceful stillness reigneth evermore. Far, far beneath, the noise of tempests dieth And silver waves chime ever peacefully, And no rude storm, how fierce soe'er it flyeth Disturbs the Sabbath of that deeper sea.

The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.

All in all, the dives I made in Fiordland were some of the best I've ever made.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

The bottom of the sea is cruel.

An ocean without unnamed monsters would be like sleep without dreams.

There's a sea secret in me / it's plain to see it is rising / but I must be flowing liquid diamonds / calling for my soul / at the corners of the world

My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean... For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.

In New Zealand we had this colossal squid, which was discovered just off the shores of New Zealand, between New Zealand and Antarctica back in 2003. It's the biggest squid ever found, and I know that there's things living down in the depths of the ocean that do explain the Kraken - you know, these giant things that people saw back in the day, that could take ships down - and so I know that there's stuff out there, and I like the idea that we haven't solved everything yet.

When water gets caught in habitual whirlpools, dig a way out through the bottom of the ocean.

There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship.

A great ship asks deep water.

Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.

But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he.

The deeps are cold: In that darkness camaraderie does not hold: Nothing touches but, clutching, devours.

"Ay," said the Captain, reverentially; "it's a almighty element. There's wonders in the deep, my pretty. Think on it when the winds is roaring and the waves is rowling. Think on it when the stormy nights is so pitch dark," said the Captain, solemnly holding up his hook, "as you can't see your hand afore you, excepting when the wiwid lightning reweals the same; and when you drive, drive, drive through the storm and dark, as if you was a driving, head on, to the world without end."

Dive deep. Drown willingly

Maybe staying on the surface keeps her from returning to a place where she can't breathe.

Alas, where is there still a sea in which one could drown: thus our lament resounds – across shallow swamps.