“Trade carried by sea has grown fourfold since 1970 and is still growin...” — Rose George Quote

“Trade carried by sea has grown fourfold since 1970 and is still growing. In 2011, the 360 commercial ports of the United States took in international goods worth $1.73 trillion, or eighty times the value of all U.S. trade in 1960.”

“We know about man's impact on the ocean in terms of fishing and overfishing, but we don't really know much about what's happening underneath the water. And in fact, shipping has a role to play here, because shipping noise has contributed to damaging the acoustic habitats of ocean creatures.”

“Pol Pot carried out through the years enormous purges against his own followers because of his paranoia.”

“The fact that you carried an embryo to term does not make you a mother any more than it makes you an obstetrician.”

“I think of Bret Hart as somebody who held the Intercontinental championship like it was the World Heavyweight championship. Every title match he was in felt important, like it was the most important thing on the show. The way he carried himself and the matches he had, it was just everything I thought a champion should be.”