No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

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.

We all have the potential to be winners, but sadly, some of us allow their fears and doubts to place theirs on hold.

That is the man you face. He has more honour and integrity than any man I have ever met. He is dedicated to his people and his country. And I am proud to have been his lover.

Encouragement is the most effective way to change someone’s behavior. When you see the best in them you encourage them to become that and they will want to live up to your high opinion of them.

A kiss can be a comma a question mark or an exclamation point. That's a basic spelling that every woman should know.

This day's nothingness as if from spite became a flame and scorched the lips of children and poets.

My job as an actress is to make things work and come up with reasons of my own and not just fill in the blanks for anybody else, you know what I mean?

...History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn't fade overnight or over centuries.

I want to be the best. That's just the human way.

We think we believe what we know, but we only truly believe what we feel.

I'm a sucker for nice religious leaders. I fall for it every time.