We must go and see for ourselves.

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.

Nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to follow the path that leads to himself.

Somewhere between what is...and what can be...begs the question...what are you meant to be?

Damon Runyon. A day-coach boy in a parlor car seat.

I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living.

The thing about war is that once it's triggered, it is unyielding in its appetite. And the more it consumes and gorges, the more it wants.

There's only one kind of tax that would please everybody - one that nobody but the other guy has to pay.

Every time we buy something we deepen our emotional deprivation and hence our need to buy something.

Learn technique; have full command to the extent of not being conscious of how it is done. When craftsmanship has been developed, you are free to create... technique will give way to expression!