Fabien Cousteau quotes

“During challenging times and when impassioned to act, human beings can be capable of miracles.”
-- Fabien Cousteau

Source : "People Protect What They Love" by Fabien Cousteau, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2010.

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“Without water, our planet would be one of the billions of lifeless rocks floating endlessly in the vastness of the inky-black void.”
-- Fabien Cousteau

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“No matter how remote we feel we are from the oceans, every act each one of us takes in our everyday lives affects our planet's water cycle and in return affects us.”
-- Fabien Cousteau

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“Mission 31 pays homage to my grandfather's work and all aquanauts who have since followed his lead in the name of ocean exploration.”
-- Fabien Cousteau

Source : FaceBook post by Fabien Cousteau from Jun 29, 2014

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“A meeting between two people who complete each other, who are made for each other, borders already, in my opinion, on a miracle.”

“Do you believe in miracles?”

Source : Television broadcast of Olympic hockey game, 24 Feb. 1980

“We must point out that in what concerns its material the event is not a miracle. What I mean is that what composes an event is always extracted from a situation, always related back to a singular multiplicity, to its state, to the language that is connected to it, etc. In fact, so as not to succumb to an obscurantist theory of creation ex nihilo, we must accept that an event is nothing but a part of a given situation, nothing but a fragment of being.”

“The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.”

Source : Alan Redpath (2004). “The Making of a Man of God (Alan Redpath Library): Lessons from the Life of David”, p.6, Baker Books

“You can move through life seeing nothing as a miracle, or seeing everything as a miracle.”

“There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.”

“For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don't know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.”

“The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.”

“Young people often serve as scapegoats for the challenges communities face. At the same time, they are routinely pushed away from connecting to their communities as serious problem-solvers capable of changing the world.”

“Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.”

Source : "How Privacy Has Become an Antitrust Issue" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.