The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUWe 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.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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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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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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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 awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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 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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