Jacques-Yves Cousteau: Quotes about the sea

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher. Explore interesting quotes on sea.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau: 42 quotes47 likes

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

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

“We must plant the sea and herd its animals … using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about — farming replacing hunting.”

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Interview (17 July 1971); Cited in: Elizabeth Brubaker et al. (2008) Breath of Fresh Air, p. 180

“Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.”

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Interview (17 July 1971): Cited in: Jane Goodall et al. (2005) Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating.

“The sea is the universal sewer.”

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Declaring the sea to be "where all kinds of pollution wind up", to the US House Committee on Science and Astronautics (28 January 1971)