The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

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 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.

In the deep space of the sea I have found my moon

And after everything been said and done, the mind only believes what our heart feels.

Most of things in life are two way, like sometimes, there are tears of happiness too.

I have also figured out that for many people death is a difficult subject, not at all as simple as it is for me.

When you read a novel, you know what to expect because you've been reading novels for a long time.

For more than two decades, I repeatedly voiced the mantra that - situated as we are virtually on the coastline of the world's richest economy - Jamaica has no reason to be poor.

The secret to a successful career in virtually any field is good public relations. Forget results. Forget the facts. Perception is all that matters.

It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.

The earth doesn't have a housekeeper to do the dusting. And the dust that falls on it every day remains there. Everything that's come down to us from the past has been conserved by dust.

Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director.

My main inspirations are the people around me, heartbreaks, frustration and everything that makes you feel stronger than you should.