Jacques Cousteau

I love the sea. One poet said that the sea is the common mother of all.

What is a scientist essentially? He is a curious man looking through a keyhole, a rabbit hole, a gap in the blind, whatever it may be, trying to understand what is going on.

The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope.

We must plant the sea and herd its animals... Using the sea as farmers, not as hunters.

Perhaps the most important thing we can do is to remind ourselves that the sea is not ours to exploit, but to cherish.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

The human race is a herd. The oceans are that herd's last grazing place.

I have always been fascinated by the unknown, the unexplored.

The sea is the doctor of all ills.

No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious they may be, can begin to duplicate the multi-dimensional life in the sea.

We must alert and organize the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two most critical problems facing our planet: the destruction of the ocean and the climate crisis.

The sea is emotion incarnate. It is the source of all life.

I believe that history will record that the greatest tragedy of the 20th century was the pollution of the oceans.

To dive is to enter another world, a world of silence and light.

The ocean is a place of rest and renewal.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Exploration is the physical expression of the intellectual passion.

The best way to observe a fish is to become one.

In the middle of the 20th century, man has proved that he is capable of destroying the planet.

My salary is my freedom to create.