Barbara Block quotes

“Sharks are declining globally ...”
-- Barbara Block

#Sharks Quotes

“I remember being in strong physics, physiology and biology classes.”
-- Barbara Block

#Strong Quotes #Class Quotes #Remember Quotes

“Human technology has made it to Mars. We are transmitting gorgeous pictures from it. Yet we have not explored our own planet. Two-thirds of it is covered with oceans that are still mysterious places.”
-- Barbara Block

Source : "Barbara Block: Use apps to save the great white shark". Interview with Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2012.

#Ocean Quotes #Technology Quotes #Two Quotes

“Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.”
-- Barbara Block

Source : "Barbara Block: Use apps to save the great white shark". Interview with Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2012.

#Sharks Quotes #People Quotes #Flesh Quotes

“I want to build a wired ocean that helps us take back the seas from poachers and illegal fishers. To do this, we need the latest technology applied to large pelagic fish and sharks, surveillance technology that helps protect marine protected areas, and tags that help prevent shark finning and illegal fishing. We must use modern sensors to help protect our seas!”
-- Barbara Block

#Ocean Quotes #Marine Quotes #Technology Quotes

“I do my very best to avoid shark fin.”

“Watching Jaws just scared the living daylights out of me when I was young. I know a lot of people my age who are still petrified of sharks because of that film.”

“He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you.”

“Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.”

Source : "Barbara Block: Use apps to save the great white shark". Interview with Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2012.

“Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business”

“Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing was my first competition.”

“In the end, my love for surfing helped me overcome my fear of sharks.”

“By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You've just got to keep moving. You can't stop.”

“More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.”

Source : Bruce Schneier (2006). “Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World”, p.29, Springer Science & Business Media

“Maybe we’ll live to see sharks recover. Right now, that seems as improbable as seeing all these falcons. Hope is the ability to see how things could be better. The world of human affairs has long been a shadowy place, but always backlit by the light of hope. Each person can add hope to the world. A resigned person subtracts hope. The more people strive, the more change becomes likely.”