But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUWhat 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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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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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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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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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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