Author: Jacques Yves Cousteau

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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

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

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

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

People protect what they love.

People protect what they love.

- 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

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

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

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