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 COUSTEAUIf you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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 sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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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 sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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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 road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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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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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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