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> [“no one can absolutely control the direction of his life; but each person can certainly influence it. The armchair explorers who complain that they never got their “one lucky shot” were never really infected by the incurable drive to explore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/no-one-can-absolutely-control-the-direction-of-his-life-but-each/)

[Jacques-Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/)

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> [“what motivated explorers? What inspired Magellan, battered by South America’s strange williwaw winds, to hold to his course through an unknown strait with no guarantee that it would lead to an untraversed sea? What makes adult and child alike feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/what-motivated-explorers-what-inspired-magellan-battered-by-south/)

[Jacques-Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/)

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## More by Jacques-Yves Cousteau

> [“no one can absolutely control the direction of his life; but each person can certainly influence it. The armchair explorers who complain that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/no-one-can-absolutely-control-the-direction-of-his-life-but-each/)

[Jacques-Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/)

> [“Every explorer I have met has been driven—not coincidentally but quintessentially—by curiosity, by a single-minded, insatiable, and even jubilant need to know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/every-explorer-i-have-met-has-been-driven-not-coincidentally-but/)

[Jacques-Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/)

> [“Human beings had polluted the seawater and mechanically destroyed the nearby coast; all life had paid this price. Often, in airports, on sidewalks, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/human-beings-had-polluted-the-seawater-and-mechanically-destroyed-the/)

[Jacques-Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/)

> [“what motivated explorers? What inspired Magellan, battered by South America’s strange williwaw winds, to hold to his course through an unknown strait with no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/what-motivated-explorers-what-inspired-magellan-battered-by-south/)

[Jacques-Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/)

> [“To restate an old law - when a man bites a fish, that's good, but when a fish bites a man, that's bad. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/to-restate-an-old-law-when-a-man-bites-a-fish-that-s-good-but-when-a-2/)

[Jacques-Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/)

> [“To enlarge the human perspective, to build on knowledge for future generations, to identify dangers, and to chart the course to a better world:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/to-enlarge-the-human-perspective-to-build-on-knowledge-for-future/)

[Jacques-Yves Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-yves-cousteau-2/)

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