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Jacques Yves Cousteau Quotes about Nature

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

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

Jacques Yves Cousteau
Beach, Nature, Ocean
Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1978). “Life and death in a coral sea”

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
Nature, Travel, Ocean
Statement by the Minister for Agriculture, Sharon Dijksma, at the opening of the Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth, www.government.nl. April 22, 2014.

The reason I love the sea I cannot explain - it's physical. When you dive you begin to feel like an angel. It's a liberation of your weight.

Jacques Yves Cousteau
Nature, Travel, Angel

We must go and see for ourselves.

Jacques Yves Cousteau
Nature, Adventure
Quoted in N.Y. Times, 26 June 1997

Through the window of my mask I see a wall of coral, its surface a living kaleidoscope of lilac flecks, splashes of gold, reddish streaks and yellows, all tinged by the familiar transparent blue of the sea.

Jacques Yves Cousteau
Nature, Wall, Blue
Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1978). “Life and death in a coral sea”

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