Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUMankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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 biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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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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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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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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The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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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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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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