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Jacques Cousteau Quotes

Total quotes: 12
“The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.”
— Jacques Cousteau
Tagged: Happiness, Existence, Joy, Appreciation, Wonder, Wisdom, Nature
“The glory of nature provides evidence that God exists.”
— Jacques Cousteau, The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World
Tagged: Nature, glory, Belief, God, Existence
“Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.”
— Jacques Cousteau
Tagged: Farming, Hunting, Sea, Fishing, barbarians
“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.”
— Jacques Cousteau, Christian Science Monitor
Tagged: Scientist, role, Curiosity, Nature
“Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.”
— Jacques Cousteau, Octopus and Squid: The Soft Intelligence
Tagged: Man, animal, delicacy, food
“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.”
— Jacques Cousteau
Tagged: Life, Relationship, Connection, Dependence
“Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction — up, down, sideways — by merely flipping his hand. Under water, man becomes an archangel.”
— Jacques Cousteau
Tagged: ability, Direction, strength, Water, Underwater
“We must plant the sea and herd its animals … using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about — farming replacing hunting.”
— Jacques Cousteau
Tagged: planting, Farming, herding, Hunting
“If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed — if we are not willing — we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.”
— Jacques Cousteau
Tagged: Behavior, human beings, extinction, Greed
“When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.”
— Jacques Cousteau
Tagged: Reason, Oppurtunities, Life, sharing, Comradeship, Relationship, Friendship
“It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.”
— Jacques Cousteau
Tagged: Generosity, Discovery, Opening Up, Roles We Play
“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 Cousteau
Tagged: Ocean, Pollution, Life, sickness
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