Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUIf we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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People protect what they love.
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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 sea is the universal sewer.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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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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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 real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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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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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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