But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUHowever fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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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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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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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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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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