Steve Irwin Quotes

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us.

When the East Timor conflict broke out, when they gained independence, the militia killed a lot of East Timorese people. And their sacred totem is the crocodile. They believe that their island is actually a solidified crocodile, so it has sacred status.

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.

I want the cleanest water, the freshest air and wildlife in abundance... but most of all I want a future for our children.

I would sooner die of a taipan bite then tell my dad that I got bitten by a taipan. Because my nose would bleed from his kicking my ass.

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.

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. Unfortunately there are countries who are still destroying it, but we really hope the conservation message rubs off in our film. Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.

I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it's something that I can't help.

Statistically there's only one crocodile-related human fatality per year in the whole of Australia.

Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.

I have a deep-seated respect for parrots. As gifted as I am with all other wildlife, parrots have this uncanny desire to kill me. I'm not sure why, but they're like my kryptonite!

I was born and raised with crocodiles; they are a piece of cake. But kids are so ... unpredictable.

So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live.

My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

I get called an adrenaline junkie every other minute, and I'm just fine with that.

Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They're on the way out, no matter what anyone does or says, you know.

Australia has one of the worst mammalian extinction rates in the world.

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.

If you can't excite people about wildlife, how can you convince them to love, cherish, and protect our wildlife and the environment they live in?

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.

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.

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.

Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior.

I probably don`t show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.

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.

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.

Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk. It doesn't matter where or what it is, from the biggest to the most venomous.

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.

Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites.

My job, my mission, the reason I’ve been put onto this planet, is to save wildlife. And I thank you for comin’ with me. Yeah, let’s get 'em!

We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.

And I have stopped eating tuna until the tuna nets cease killing tens of thousands of dolphins every single year.

scientific whaling, and other lies will be exposed and become atrocities of the past.

Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate.

The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.

I have a message for my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I've found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you'll be a winner.

Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.

The message is simple: love and conserve our wildlife.

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet.

I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.

But I put my life on the line to save animals.

Crocodiles. I’ve been catching them since I was nine. No problem.

Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart. I've had these blokes in Hollywood hug me trying to make out I'm their friend and as soon as I turn their back they take out a big bunch of knives and stab me in the back. I feel sorry for these people because they are so shallow.

If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.

And that unusual squawking sound is actually the mating call of the the rare...oh, it's just an oboe player.

We humans still have a long way to go with learning to live harmoniously with our environment and its wildlife.