It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUThe sea is the universal sewer.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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 go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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 biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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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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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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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