There's nothing wrong with being a terrorist, as long as you win. Then you write history. Paul Watson More Quotes by Paul Watson More Quotes From Paul Watson Social change comes through people. Paul Watson social-changesocialpeople North American cats eat more fish than all the world's seals put together, yet we lay the blame on the seals for the declining fish stocks. Paul Watson cattogetheranimal We should not be living in human communities that enclose tiny preserved ecosystems within them. Human communities should be maintained in small population enclaves within linked wilderness ecosystems. No human community should be larger than 20,000 people and separated from other communities by wilderness areas. Communication systems can link the communities. Paul Watson ecosystemscommunicationpeople They [Greenpeace] forgot their original purpose and turned into a big, rich bureaucracy, more interested in fund-raising than in saving lives, so I got fed up and quit... they're a bunch of wimps. Paul Watson wimpspurposeanimal If you do not intend to kill anybody, if you make every effort to not kill and injure anybody, that's all you really can do. You can't stop somebody from walking into a situation, and we really can't be too overly preoccupied with this. Paul Watson situationeffortwalking Pigs eat more tuna than all the planet's sharks combined. Paul Watson sharksanimalpigs 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. Paul Watson disappointmentpromisethinking It's funny but when young people say to me "what can I study to be a force for change, should I study law or biology or business?" My answer is music, drama, journalism, communications. Paul Watson communicationlawdrama We buy a bottle of water in the city, where clean water comes out in its taps. You know, back in 1965, if someone said to the average person, You know in thirty years you are going to buy water in plastic bottles and pay more for that water than for gasoline? Everybody would look at you like youre completely out of your mind. Paul Watson citiesaverageyears Musicians have made incredible contributions to the conservation and environmental movement and continue to do so, more than ever. Paul Watson environmentalmusicianmovement I have hope that humanity will be cured of our collective ecological insanity and that we adapt to living within the boundaries of the laws of ecology. Paul Watson humanitylawinsanity Back in 1980, whale watching surpassed whaling as an industry. Now it's worth about four times as much. Whale watching provides far, far more jobs to people than whaling ever did. Whale watching has become an ally in the fight to end whaling. Paul Watson fightinganimaljobs The fact is I have never been convicted of a crime. Paul Watson crimefacts You can't love nature with a gun Paul Watson nature-lovegun I got the impression that instead of going out to shoot birds, I should go out and shoot the kids who shoot birds. Paul Watson going-outbirdkids Everybody is a hypocrite. You can't live on this planet without being a hypocrite. Paul Watson being-a-hypocriteplanetshypocrite The Ady Gil, a Sea Shepherd vessel, it's a fast patrol boat, was sitting still in the water when the Shonan Maru #2 came by, deliberately turned into it, rammed it, cut it in half, sunk it and destroyed it. Paul Watson sitting-stillcuttingsea All of the great whales are endangered. Paul Watson whales There is no sustainable future for fisheries as long as human populations continue to increase. Paul Watson increasepopulationlong We need to stop burning fossil fuels and utilize only wind, water, and solar power with all generation of power coming from individual or small community units like windmills, waterwheels, and solar panels. Sea transportation should be by sail...Air transportation should be by solar powered blimps when air transportation is necessary. Paul Watson airseawind
