No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU DiscoverDoesIntelligenceInvolveManOwnSoonerStupidityTry
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. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU AllAnimalCivilizationFarmFarmerHerdHuntInsteadMustPlantreplaceSeaUse
However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU BecomeDayEveryFactHoweverInexorableInterdependentMoreNationalRivalries
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU CureEnvironmentJobMotherNatureOurProblemRealSalvageUnderstand
If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU BleakFutureIndeedLogical
we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU DisappearFaceGlobeInsectreplace
Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU BeforeBoatLiteralMeanneverOldPhraseSame
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. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU ConvinceDifficultEnemyFaceFieldFormidableGoGunHunterLeaveVeryWait
Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU AirBecomeCanDependEssentialFluidGarbageGlobalTwoWater
I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU ImpresarioRatherScientist
I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU BeliefFaceIndependenceNationalShrinkSovergniteUniverse
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 COUSTEAU ExtraordinaryHimselfKeepLeadLifeManOneOpportunityReason
Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU HundredMoreOurPerhapsQuestionSurvivalYear
The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU AllAwarenessCameCountryDifferentEnvironmentOurOutletProgressively
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU CastForeverHoldNetOnceSeaSpellWonder
Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU AnimalDelicacyGreatHimselfManOneOnlyProbably
The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU AbortionBiggestEachMixNothingObstacleOtherOverpopulationThingTwo
