In order to save the planet it would be necessary to kill 350,000 people per day.

In order to save the planet it would be necessary to kill 350,000 people per day.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.

Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.

Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.

Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.

Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage.

Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage.

I wake up saying, I'm still alive; a miracle. And so I keep on pushing.

I wake up saying, I'm still alive; a miracle. And so I keep on pushing.

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

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

If human civilization is going to invade the waters of the earth, then let it be first of all to carry a message of respect.

If human civilization is going to invade the waters of the earth, then let it be first of all to carry a message of respect.

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

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

The sea is the universal sewer.

The sea is the universal sewer.

The future of nutrition is found in the oceans

The future of nutrition is found in the oceans

Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today

Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

We must go and see for ourselves.

We must go and see for ourselves.

Man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

Man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.