Quotes by Jacques Yves Cousteau

"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."

"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."

"People protect what they love."

"I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists."

"Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history."

"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."

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

"If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect."