The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that … - Jacques Yves Cousteau

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.

Destiny, Question, Ricochet, Wall, Years

Same Author Quotes

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.

Meaning, Men, Ocean, Phrase, Sea, Unifier

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.

Beginning, Nature, Ocean, Realize, Travel

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

Beach, Forever, Holds, Nature, Ocean, Spell

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.

Earth, Free Diving, Man, Men, Ocean, Surface

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.

Beauty, Hands, Humankind, Infinite, Ocean, Sea

Similar Quotes

Voltaire

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

Arms, Die, Feet, Lying

Christopher Paolini

On the beach, Roran stood alone, watching them go. Then he threw back his head and uttered a long, aching cry, and the night echoed with the sound of his loss.

Alone, Beach, Echoed, Loss, Night, Roran

David Mccandless

Sometimes the data has a sense of a structure within it, especially if I'm looking at networks or relationships, which generally lend themselves to a certain style.

Data, Relationships, Sometimes, Structure, Style

Jose Marti

A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.

Genuine, Men, Radical, Roots

Harvey Fierstein

I was exposed to a mix of cultures, lots of different religions and beliefs. I was a spiritual kid and went to Indian powwows and Buddhist temples. But over a period of time, with reading and thinking, I started to feel it was all so absurd: The whole idea of life after death is ridiculous.

Buddhist, Idea, Reading, Spiritual, Time, Whole