Memorable Jacques Cousteau Quotes

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"The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."
Jacques Cousteau
"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."
Jacques Cousteau
"Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest environmental advocates in the world? Because they've seen what's below the surface. "
Jacques Cousteau
"The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish."
Jacques Cousteau
"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 Cousteau
"The future is in the hands of those who explore... and from all the beauty they discover while crossing perpetually receding frontiers, comes new confidence and new hope."
Jacques 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."
Jacques Cousteau
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"Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans."
Jacques Cousteau
"People protect what they love."
Jacques Cousteau
"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 Cousteau
"At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space."
Jacques Cousteau
"Man must explore, and this is exploration at its greatest."
Jacques Cousteau
"We have to change our attitudes; we have to stop wasting things."
Jacques Cousteau
"With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live."
Jacques Cousteau
"If we were logical, the future would not exist. It is the illogical that creates the future."
Jacques Cousteau
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Jacques Cousteau
"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 Cousteau
"Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have."
Jacques Cousteau
"To stand at the edge of the sea – to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great land of rocks and sand – is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be."
Jacques Cousteau
"An Explorer is one who travels widely and notes down interesting and important things for others to learn about."
Jacques Cousteau
"Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history."
Jacques Cousteau
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"From birth man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to the earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free."
Jacques Cousteau
"The adventure of the sea is an adventure of the mind."
Jacques Cousteau
"The average lifespan of a corporation is shorter than the average lifespan of a human being."
Jacques Cousteau
"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him as though they were fairy tales."
Jacques Cousteau

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