“The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.”

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.

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.

But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.

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.

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

The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.

The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.

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.

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.

A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.

Only one novel is a novel: that is a successful novel.

Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.

Only you, Will Traynor, could tell a woman how to wear a bloody dress.

The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself

I endorse only products I actually use. Like Wheaties keeps offering me money, but I don’t eat Wheaties, so I can’t do it. Now, if Rice Krispies or Frosted Flakes offered me a deal, I’d take it right away. Apple Jacks, I’d be on the box in a heartbeat. Apple Shaqs. Yeah.

It is only by enlarging the scope of one’s tastes and one’s fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that the unfortunate individual called Man, thrown despite himself into this sad world, can succeed in gathering a few roses among life’s thorns

We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.