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 COUSTEAUThe 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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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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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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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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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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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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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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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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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.
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