Author: Jacques Yves Cousteau

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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

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

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

If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.

If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.

- Jacques Yves Cousteau

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

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

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

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

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

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