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 COUSTEAUIt takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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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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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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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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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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People protect what they love.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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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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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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