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

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

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

Jacques Cousteau

We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking.

Jacques Cousteau

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

Jacques Cousteau

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

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

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

Jacques Cousteau

People protect what they love.

Jacques Cousteau

We know that when we protect our oceans we're protecting our future.

Jacques Cousteau