If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUNow, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
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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 is the universal sewer.
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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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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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People protect what they love.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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