How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.
Arthur C. Clarke

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.
John F. Kennedy

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

There’s nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater,you realize that you’ve been missing the whole point of the ocean. Staying on the surface all the time is like going to the circus and staring at the outside of the tent.
Dave Barry

The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.
Isak Dinesen

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It’s always our self we find in the sea.
e.e. cummings

For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
Joseph Conrad