66 Quotes by Jacques-Yves Cousteau

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

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.

The sea is not a bargain basement.

All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.

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.

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

To restate an old law – when a man bites a fish, that’s good, but when a fish bites a man, that’s bad. This is one way of saying it’s all right if man kills an animal, but if an animal attacks man, the act is reprehensible.

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.

We know how to organize warfare, but do we know how to act when confronted with peace?