Author: Jacques Yves Cousteau

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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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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