“By being aware of our place and role in the ecosystem, we preserve it.” — Bill François Quote

“By being aware of our place and role in the ecosystem, we preserve it.”

“A human being is nothing more than a very large community, on every level.”

“And what could be more silent and less interesting than a whelk?”

“Even before humanity realized the earth spins on its axis, they had understood that the sea belongs to everyone”

“When school ends, everyone must relearn in their own way”

“We have neither tentacles nor limestone exoskeletons, but are we really so different from coral?”

“It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.”

“It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come true”

“Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.”

“You would hardly think, at first, that horrid monsters lie up there waiting to be discovered by any moderately penetrating mind--monsters to which those of the oceans bear no sort of comparison.”

“Then they wondered if there were men in the stars. Why not? And as creation is harmonious, the inhabitants of Sirius ought to be huge, those of Mars middle-sized, those of Venus very small. Unless it is the same everywhere. There are businessmen, police up there; people trade, fight, dethrone their kings.”