“The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof.”
– Elizabeth I, Queen of England
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
-Jacques Cousteau
Catch a wave, and you’re sitting on top of the world.”
– The Beach Boys
In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.
– Kahlil Gibran
I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
– Isaac Newton
Even castles made from sand fall to the ocean.
– Jimi Hendrix
“Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.”
– Bob Dylan
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.”
– Vincent Van Gogh
Celebrate World Ocean Day today.