Steve Irwin quotes and words of wisdom

"Yeah, I think it"s an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling."
Found in the topic Animals.

"Crikey means gee whiz, wow!"
Found in the topic Word.

"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."
Found in the topic Conservation.

"I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet."
Found in the topic World.

"I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that"s habitat destruction."
Found in the topic Nature.

"I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment."
Found in the topic Propaganda.

"Yeah, I"m a thrill seeker, but crikey, education"s the most important thing."
Found in the topic Education.

"I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn"t film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out."
Found in the topic Blood.

"I get called an adrenaline junkie every other minute, and I"m just fine with that."
Found in the topic Adventure.

"That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don"t show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else."
Found in the topic Fear.

"No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you"re confronted with violence."
Found in the topic Violence.

"I sincerely believe that there"s room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we all get to eat. Everyone has to compromise."
Found in the topic Compromise.

"I"m a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian."
Found in the topic Pride.

"Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along."
Found in the topic Save.

"So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I"ve been doing since I was a boy. Only now we have a team of, you know, like 73 of us, and it"s gone beyond that."
Found in the topic Television.

"My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people"s sacred status, regardless of the pest."
Found in the topic Father.

"You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it"ll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it"s not even funny."
Found in the topic Snake.

"There"s a lot of research behind the scenes that you don"t get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then."
Found in the topic Research.

"You know, I"m Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other."
Found in the topic Cruel.

"When I talk to the camera, mate, it"s not like I"m talking to the camera, I"m talking to you because I want to whip you around and plunk you right there with me."
Found in the topic Talk.

Interesting Quotes

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.Muhammad Ali - US boxer (1942 - )

It is hard to let old beliefs go. They are familiar. We are comfortable with them and have spent years building systems and developing habits that depend on them. Like a man who has worn eyeglasses so long that he forgets he has them on, we forget that the world looks to us the way it does because we have become used to seeing it that way through a particular set of lenses. Today, however, we need new lenses. And we need to throw the old ones away.Kenich Ohmae