Robert Ballard Quotes & Sayings

“So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet.”

“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.”

“I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter.”

“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.”

“It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.”

“I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women!”

“There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.”

“You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona.”

“Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours.”

“Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls.”