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 Yves Cousteau More Quotes by Jacques Yves Cousteau More Quotes From Jacques Yves Cousteau The idea of a group of elders is that, in past civilizations, they have linked worlds; the other world was also present in this one. There is also the argument that elders have "experience." The problem is that experience teaches fear of change. Experience kills imagination. Experience makes people conservative. What we are facing tomorrow requires the force of imagination, not wisdom from yesterday. Jacques Yves Cousteau other-worldscivilizationpast 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. Jacques Yves Cousteau walldestinyyears A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it. Jacques Yves Cousteau oceanseapeople Our society is turning toward more and more needless consumption. It is a vicious circle that I compare to cancer . . . . Should we eliminate suffering, diseases? The idea is beautiful, but perhaps not a benefit for the long term. We should not allow our dread of diseases to endanger the future of our species. . . . In order to stabilize world population, we need to eliminate 350,000 people a day. It is a horrible thing to say, but it's just as bad not to say it. Jacques Yves Cousteau cancerbeautifulorder It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations. Jacques Yves Cousteau psychologystudyprison The future of nutrition is found in the oceans Jacques Yves Cousteau nutritionoceanfound We know how to organize warfare, but do we know how to act when confronted with peace? Jacques Yves Cousteau warfarehumanitypeace 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. Jacques Yves Cousteau lawanimalmen I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the oceans - there will always be life - but they're getting sicker every year. Jacques Yves Cousteau oceanseayears With earth's burgeoning human population to feed we must turn to the sea with understanding and new technology. We need to farm it as we farm the land. Jacques Yves Cousteau technologylandsea However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day. I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence. 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 Yves Cousteau seamenbelieve Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction - up, down, sideways - by merely flipping his hand. Under water, man becomes an archangel. Jacques Yves Cousteau oceanmenhands However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day. Jacques Yves Cousteau intensefactsworld We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope Jacques Yves Cousteau logicalhave-faithhope Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy. Jacques Yves Cousteau sillyanimalmen And let us remember too that life, in its exuberance, always succeeds in overflowing the narrow limits within which man thinks he can confine it. Jacques Yves Cousteau limitsmenthinking Through the window of my mask I see a wall of coral, its surface a living kaleidoscope of lilac flecks, splashes of gold, reddish streaks and yellows, all tinged by the familiar transparent blue of the sea. Jacques Yves Cousteau wallnatureblue May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind. Jacques Yves Cousteau mayanimalfunny There are a few animals that have won themselves a bad reputation even though they have little or no effect on man. They have won their rating through man's interpretation of their attitude towards lower animals. These animals have been seen feeding in what appears to be a savage manner. But this behavior may perhaps be comparable to a man tearing the flesh off a chicken leg with his teeth. Jacques Yves Cousteau animalattitudemen The little bee returns with evening's gloom, Jacques Yves Cousteau summerdreamnight
