Jacques Cousteau Quotes

• Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles.

  Freeman Dyson

  Brother, Successful, Technology

  Freeman Dyson (1999). “Imagined World”, p.17, Universities Press

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• Here I go, deep type flow,
  Jacques Cousteau could never get this low.

  Ol' Dirty Bastard

  Rap, Flow, Lows

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• When I was six, all I dreamt about was becoming a diver on Jacques Cousteau's boat, the famous Calypso.

  Enric Sala

  Calypso, Becoming, Six

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• When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwater explorer. I have many other people who inspired me after him, but he is still my all-time hero.

  Enric Sala

  Hero, Kids, People

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• See, I've always seen Jacques Cousteau as a hero, mate. He's a legend - like my dad, just a legend. And so what he did for conservation in the '60s through the '70s was just phenomenal.

  Steve Irwin

  Dad, Hero, Legends

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• Jacques Cousteau, the last man to see Jimmy Hoffa. Never got a dinner!

  Red Buttons

  Men, Dinner, Lasts

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