Jacques Yves Cousteau

"People protect what they love."

"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."

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

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

"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."