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.
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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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 were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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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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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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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 sea is the universal sewer.
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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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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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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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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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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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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