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Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.

The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.

For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself

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 quotes: 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.

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.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.

All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: And let us remember too that life, in its exuberance, always succeeds in overflowing the narrow limits within which man thinks he can confine it.

And let us remember too that life, in its exuberance, always succeeds in overflowing the narrow limits within which man thinks he can confine it.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: If human civilization is going to invade the waters of the earth, then let it be first of all to carry a message of respect.

If human civilization is going to invade the waters of the earth, then let it be first of all to carry a message of respect.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage.

Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: 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.

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 Cousteau quotes: Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: I wake up saying, I'm still alive; a miracle. And so I keep on pushing.

I wake up saying, I'm still alive; a miracle. And so I keep on pushing.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: People protect what they love.

People protect what they love.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.

I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: I was playing when I invented the aqualung. I think play is the most serious thing in the world.

I was playing when I invented the aqualung. I think play is the most serious thing in the world.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day.

In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: We know how to organize warfare, but do we know how to act when confronted with peace?

We know how to organize warfare, but do we know how to act when confronted with peace?

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: 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 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.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The future of nutrition is found in the oceans

The future of nutrition is found in the oceans

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind.

May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.

I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The reason I love the sea I cannot explain - it's physical. When you dive you begin to feel like an angel. It's a liberation of your weight.

The reason I love the sea I cannot explain - it's physical. When you dive you begin to feel like an angel. It's a liberation of your weight.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: Sometime we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new, and run headlong down an immutable course

Sometime we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new, and run headlong down an immutable course

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The sea is not a bargain basement.

The sea is not a bargain basement.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: We must go and see for ourselves.

We must go and see for ourselves.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The sea is the universal sewer.

The sea is the universal sewer.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today

Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: In order to save the planet it would be necessary to kill 350,000 people per day.

In order to save the planet it would be necessary to kill 350,000 people per day.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: Under water, man becomes an archangel.

Under water, man becomes an archangel.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.

Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: In the deep space of the sea I have found my moon

In the deep space of the sea I have found my moon

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking.

We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau quotes: The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.