“When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.”

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.

The sea is the universal sewer.

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.

People protect what they love.

we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.

If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.

Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

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.

Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.

I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.

Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.

The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.

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

Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

I be chillin’. It feels good to know I got it, but it feel better to know I’ma keep it too.

I listen to my mother, and that keeps me out of trouble. I’m a good son.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving.