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.

Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.

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

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.