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Jacques Yves Cousteau

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Jacques Yves Cousteau is proof that you do not need celebrity to say something worth remembering. Jacques Yves Cousteau's observations on Science are as sharp as their thoughts on Nature, revealing genuine breadth of mind. Our collection holds 16 quotes from Jacques Yves Cousteau, each offering a different angle on Science, Nature, Hope, Future, and Work. One quote that captures their voice: "I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists."

“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.”

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

Change

All Quotes by 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

Environmental

“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.”

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

Faith

“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.”

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

Change

“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

Happiness

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

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

History

“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 Yves Cousteau

Nature

“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

Great

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

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

Intelligence

“The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.”

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

Future

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

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

Science