Jacques Yves Cousteau

"Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans."

Top Jacques Yves Cousteau Quotes

"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."

"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."

"When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself."

"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."

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."

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