I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUWhen one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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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 road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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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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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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People protect what they love.
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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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