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 COUSTEAUFarming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
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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, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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People protect what they love.
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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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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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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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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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