Jean-Michel Cousteau Quotes & Sayings

Clean water, the essence of life and a birthright for everyone, must become available to all people now. — Jean-Michel Cousteau

Protect the ocean and you protect yourself. — Jean-Michel Cousteau

People will protect what they love. — Jean-Michel Cousteau

We need a new global culture that finds the existence of millions of thirsty people thoroughly and immediately unacceptable. — Jean-Michel Cousteau

To me the foundation of all life is in the ocean. — Jean-Michel Cousteau

We have the ability to provide clean water for every man, woman and child on the Earth. What has been lacking is the collective will to accomplish this. What are we waiting for? This is the commitment we need to make to the world, now. — Jean-Michel Cousteau

Every breath of air we take is coming from the ocean. — Jean-Michel Cousteau

We are all connected to the ocean. Without healthy oceans, no life, not even on land, can exist. — Jean-Michel Cousteau

Is it too late to prevent us from self-destructing? No, for we have the capacity to design our own future, to take a lesson from living things around us and bring our values and actions in line with ecological necessity. But we must first realize that ecological and social and economic issues are all deeply intertwined. There can be no solution to one without a solution to the others. — Jean-Michel Cousteau