Author: Jacques Yves Cousteau

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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

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

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

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.

- Jacques Yves Cousteau

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

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

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

People protect what they love.

People protect what they love.

- 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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