“ 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
“ I'm a geophysicist and all my earth science books when I was a student, I had to give the wrong answer to get an A. We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at. We learned of… Robert Ballard
“ 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. Robert Ballard
“ I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering. Robert Ballard
“ Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing. Robert Ballard
“ I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women! Robert Ballard
