For most 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

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

— Jacques-Yves Cousteau

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

— Jacques-Yves Cousteau