More from Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau 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 CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau 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.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau 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.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh
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More on fault
Your circumstances are 100% your fault.
Edgar DoucetEdgar Doucet The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
Khalil GibranKhalil Gibran It’s beautiful to find beauty in others but when it comes to you, you ending up finding only faults.
Sania AbbasSania Abbas If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!
Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll My only fault is that I don’t realize how great I really am.
Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali It’s not your fault you were born into a poor family or country.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world.
Eldridge CleaverEldridge Cleaver