87 Quotes by Jacques Yves Cousteau

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.

It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.

How dangerous are those sea animals with bad reputations? A few actually kill. A few maim. Some are poisonous when eaten by man. Most sting, stab,or poison and cause mild to severe discomfort to man. Yet man is one of the larger beings that sea creatures encounter, and these poisons usually can't kill him.