Quotes by Robert Ballard

"From "The Book That Changed My Life": -"But your journey is never over until you return from it to share with society what you have learned." ~ Robert Ballard -"We never anticipate being changed by what we read. Such an experience cannot be planned for." ~ Brother Christopher"

"Cronkite was a lovely guy, like a father to us. You could see why he’d become the most trusted man in America. He loved science and had covered most of America’s space launches. He’d also gone down in Alvin with me to see hydrothermal vents. He and Spike were as enthusiastic about my quest for Titanic as John was. Early on, we’d dubbed our little group—far too cavalierly—the “Top- Secret Committee to Re-Arrange the Deck Chairs on the Titanic.” I’d promised to give them progress reports."

"Either we would find her plane, or we would rule out the Nikumaroro hypothesis. That is what science is all about: testing hypotheses and ruling out the ones that don’t stand up to scrutiny."