I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUIf we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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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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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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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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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what’s going on.
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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.
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If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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