We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUNo 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.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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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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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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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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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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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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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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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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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, 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.
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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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