Jacques-Yves Cousteau cytaty

„Celem ONZ jest selektywne zredukowanie populacji poprzez zachętę do aborcji, wymuszoną sterylizację, kontrolę ludzkiej reprodukcji; [ONZ] postrzega dwie trzecie ludzkiej populacji jako niepotrzebny bagaż, z potrzebą eliminacji 350 tys. ludzi dziennie.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

„Jestem zachwycony tymi czarno-białymi superdelfinami, Wydają się bardzo zorganizowane.. Tworzą solidarne społeczności i stale „rozmawiają ze sobą”. Kusi mnie, by powiedzieć, że posiadają „kulturę”. Wystrzegam się wszelkiego antropomorfizmu. Ale jeśli wyrażenie „lud morza” ma jakiekolwiek sens w zastosowaniu do zwierząt, to nabiera go szczególnie w przypadku orek.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Źródło: Yves Paccalet, Jacques-Yves Cousteau w oceanie życia, Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków 1999, ISBN 8370068994, s. 265.

„All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

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

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

„Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

„For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

„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

Christian Science Monitor (21 July 1971)

„The glory of nature provides evidence that God exists“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

as quoted in The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=5JAUkrhPJQIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false (2010), Ch. 5. Bloomsbury Publishing.

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

—  Jacques-Yves 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-Yves Cousteau

„Sometimes we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new, and turn headlong down an immutable course.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

The Silent World by Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau with Frederic Dumas 2004 National Geographic Society, pg. 5

„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

„Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction — up, down, sideways — by merely flipping his hand. Under water, man becomes an archangel.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Time (28 March 1960)

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

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Interview (17 July 1971)

„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)

„From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Time (28 March 1960)

„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.

„I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the oceans — there will always be life — but they're getting sicker every year.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Interview (March 1996)

„We have to prepare for what life could become in 40 years. We need to outline what is possible and what is impossible with the non-renewable resources of the Earth. What role will technological improvement play? Taking all this into account, what kind of life can we produce in the best way for 10 billion people? That's a problem that needs to be solved.“

—  Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Interview (March 1996)