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.

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.

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.

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.

The future is in the hands of those who explore... and from all the beauty they discover while crossing perpetually receding frontiers, they develop for nature and for humankind an infinite love.

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.

The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

I was playing when I invented the aqualung. I think play is the most serious thing in the world.

People protect what they love.

Just like small acts of kindness can pave the way for a better world, small acts of corruption open the road for a corrupt world.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

The first-born in every family is always dreaming for an imaginary older brother or sister who will look out for them.

The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.

Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

I seen her with the milkman, riding down the street. When you're through with my baby, milkman, send her home to me.

Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you.

Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.