You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.

What we need now is heroes - millions of them. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understood that the fish had to be given a chance to recover.

It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew.

Atlantic puffins starve to death so that Danish chickens can feast on their fish.

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.

In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.