When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUIf we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
More Jacques-Yves Cousteau Quotes
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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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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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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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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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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