Paul Watson

Environmentalist

132 Quotes

The only thing scarier than Godzilla is Godzilla's lawyers.

I'm not pessimistic about anything.

People feel good about giving money to Greenpeace.

I was doing a talk show in Vancouver, and somebody called in a bomb threat to protest my violence, which I thought was pretty strange. We had to evacuate.

Japan is a bully nation that takes what it wants and threatens any who oppose it.

The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics.

Putting Zodiacs in front of whaling vessels doesn't do it anymore. Done that, been there, seen that.

I'm thankful to have time to write.

Costa Rica and Germany have simply been pawns in the Japanese quest to silence Sea Shepherd in an attempt to stop our annual opposition of their illegal whaling activities.

The fact is, Japan's whaling is illegal, so just because there is a natural disaster in Japan is no reason for us to stop opposing their illegal activities in the Southern Ocean.

Nobody has ever been hurt by the actions of ships I have been on.

I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.

I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians.

The oceans are the last free place on the planet.

You don't get anywhere unless you've had a little bit of a complicated life.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recognizes that the deaths of four sealers is a tragedy, but Sea Shepherd also recognizes that the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups is an even greater tragedy.

Commercial fishermen are the greediest, stupidest people on earth.

Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow.

People sometimes feel frustrated about what's going on in our oceans and environment, and 'Whale Wars' shows that ordinary people can take action and make things happen.

Sea Shepherd does not condone, nor do we practise, violence.

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