From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUWhen one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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