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

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.

Success is the daughter of perseverance.

Bitterness leads to brokenness in spirit.

Her weight settled on her back foot as she crossed her arms over her chest and stared at him, now legitimately baffled.“How delusional are you, aliens in your head notwithstanding?

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

You think you're being broken but you're really being broken open...and that's where the healing happens, in those broken places...if you'll allow it.

Aaron Sorkin very sticky about using precise language. It's in his contract: you have to use what he writes!

Every parent wants to see their kids excel.

I was a slave to something he believed to be silly and superstitious: the idea that all life was worth defending and that nothing justified surrender to the forces of destruction.

I am not very good at reflecting. I am a complete perfectionist and always thinking to the next thing!

To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.