Robert Ballard

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#came #england #family #half #i

So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#beginning #ending #exploration #i #i think

The body is sort of a pain. It has to go to the bathroom. It has to be comfortable. But the spirit is indestructible. It can move at the speed of light. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#body #comfortable #go #indestructible #light

The Titanic will protect itself. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#protect #titanic #will

There's a long list of technologies that have now made it possible to carry out very precise search efforts in the deep sea. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#deep #efforts #list #long #long list

There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world combined. And there's no law governing that history. It's finders keepers. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#governing #history #keepers #law #more

Well, when I was a kid, I grew up in San Diego next to the ocean. The ocean was my friend - my best friend. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#best friend #diego #friend #grew #i

What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#drives #exploration #genre #geographical #me

You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#belt #gettysburg #go #off #shovel

You don't let a historic site rot. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#rot #site #you