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
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
– Jacques Yves Cousteau
The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
– Jacques Yves Cousteau
No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
– Jacques Yves Cousteau
Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.