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 COUSTEAUThe sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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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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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
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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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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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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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People protect what they love.
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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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