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.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUWhat 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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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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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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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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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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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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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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 real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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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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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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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