Without water, our planet would be one of the billions of lifeless rocks floating endlessly in the vastness of the inky-black void.

Jacques Cousteau

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

Jacques Cousteau

People protect what they love.

Jacques Cousteau

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

Jacques Cousteau

We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine.

Jacques Cousteau

No water, no life. No blue, no green.

Jacques Cousteau

The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.

Jacques Cousteau

A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

Jacques Cousteau

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 Cousteau

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

With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.

Jacques Cousteau

The sea is the universal sewer.

Jacques Cousteau