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.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUThe real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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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 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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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People protect what they love.
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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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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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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 biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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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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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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