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title: "2 Bleak Quotes By Jacques Yves Cousteau"
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> [We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/we-are-human-beings-and-we-have-faith-and-we-have-hope/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

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> [If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/if-we-were-logical-the-future-would-be-bleak-indeed-but-we-are-more/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

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## More by Jacques Yves Cousteau

> [With earth's burgeoning human population to feed we must turn to the sea with understanding and new technology. We need to farm it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/with-earth-s-burgeoning-human-population-to-feed-we-must-turn-to-the/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [We must go and see for ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/we-must-go-and-see-for-ourselves/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/we-are-human-beings-and-we-have-faith-and-we-have-hope/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [And let us remember too that life, in its exuberance, always succeeds in overflowing the narrow limits within which man thinks he can confine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/and-let-us-remember-too-that-life-in-its-exuberance-always-succeeds/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [I experimented with all possible maneuvers-loops, somersaults and barrel rolls. I stood upside down on one finger and burst out laughing, a shrill, distorted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/i-experimented-with-all-possible-maneuvers-loops-somersaults-and/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/it-is-certain-that-the-study-of-human-psychology-if-it-were/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day. I believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/however-fragmented-the-world-however-intense-the-national-rivalries/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/if-we-go-on-the-way-we-have-the-fault-is-our-greed-and-if-we-are-not/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/the-reason-i-love-the-sea-i-cannot-explain-it-s-physical-when-you/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [If human civilization is going to invade the waters of the earth, then let it be first of all to carry a message of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/if-human-civilization-is-going-to-invade-the-waters-of-the-earth-then/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/no-sooner-does-man-discover-intelligence-than-he-tries-to-involve-it-2/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/the-impossible-missions-are-the-only-ones-which-succeed/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/the-sea-the-great-unifier-is-man-s-only-hope-now-as-never-before-the/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/we-must-alert-and-organise-the-world-s-people-to-pressure-world/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

> [We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau/we-must-plant-the-sea-and-herd-its-animals-using-the-sea-as-farmers/)

[Jacques Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau/)

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