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 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.

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.

In the deep space of the sea I have found my moon

These are the moments that make the dot-to-dot pictures of our past

When you forget who you are and whose you are, you start to compromise.

One of my good friends said, in a reggae riddim, don't jump in the water if you can't swim.

The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.

Exclusive will not be published in book format.

In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less.

Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it.

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.

I find it difficult to believe that words have no meaning in themselves, hard as I try. Habits of a lifetime are not lightly thrown aside.

Tom Tom Club has a whole different attitude and approach, not just musically but in performance. Some people said they liked it.