We must now become not just takers from the ocean, but caretakers of it.

I am the exception to the rule that all senators see themselves in the Oval Office.

Worldwide, our oceans are warming, rising, and becoming dangerously acidic as a result of carbon pollution and climate change - endangering much that we hold dear.

Donald Trump disproved the notion that there is a direct dollar-for-dollar correlation between how much money you had in your traditional war chest and what your election outcome was going to be.

The birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups, it is unbearable to them that President Barack Obama should exist.

The Ryan budget gets rid of Medicare in 10 years and turns it into a voucher program.

I don't think you earn the right to a message until you've earned it by having a real fight, really being willing to stand up for what you believe in.

The oceans are a way of life. We fish; we sail; we have a robust marine economy.

Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s.

The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth.

Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.

My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs.

Believe me, when I say; There are no two powers That command the soul. One is God The other is the tide. -Anon From the novel Abarat

Sometimes it's better to let people handle their own problems. Sometimes just believing in someone is the best way to stand up for them.

I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a bit like Blackpool illuminations, I go bonkers!

Guilt is the major motivating force in my life.

Love is an active construction, and choice, not just an encounter that happens by chance.

No art comes from the conscious mind.