Jacques Yves Cousteau Quotes & Sayings
28 most famous Jacques Yves Cousteau quotes and sayings (explorer). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
“The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.”
“The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. 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.”
“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.”
“No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.”
“We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.”
“Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.”
“The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.”
“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.”
“People protect what they love.”
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