The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUFrom 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.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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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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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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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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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
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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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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what’s going on.
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