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Jacques-Yves Cousteau46 quotes“The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.”
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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau 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 CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau 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.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
Jacques Yves CousteauJacques Yves Cousteau The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau 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.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau 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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