I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the oceans - there will always be life - but they're getting sicker every year.

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.

A poem is a frozen momentmelted by each reader for themselvesto flow into the here and now.

Walking’s a great way to create. The ideas seem to fall from the sky sometimes, and the fresh air is great too.

...I can think of other forms of worship than loving you, but none that make me feel so fulfilled...

I just go where the guitar takes me.

My music was too religious for the rock and roll stores and too rock and roll for the religious stores.

The country (England) which was called a nation of pirates in the years around 1600 would eventually become the pirates' greatest scourge, not just in English waters but throughout the world.

If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some.

Not writing would be like going the rest of your life without having dreams.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Don't touch me; I'll die if you touch me.