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title: "4 Bunch Quotes By Paul Watson"
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> [We're just a conceited naked ape, but in our minds we're some 'divine legend' and we see ourselves as some sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-re-just-a-conceited-naked-ape-but-in-our-minds-we-re-some-divine/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/paul-watson-1855_apes_we-re-just-a-conceited-naked-ape-but-in_205804.jpg)

> [ They \[Greenpeace\] forgot their original purpose and turned into a big, rich bureaucracy, more interested in fund-raising than in saving lives, so… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/they-greenpeace-forgot-their-original-purpose-and-turned-into-a-big/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/paul-watson-1855_animal_they-greenpeace-forgot-their-original-pu_811603.jpg)

> [We're just a conceited, naked ape. But in our minds we're some sort of "divine legend," and we see ourselves as some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-re-just-a-conceited-naked-ape-but-in-our-minds-we-re-some-sort-of/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/paul-watson-1855_apes_we-re-just-a-conceited-naked-ape-but-in_933290.jpg)

> [Almost all theological thought is anthropocentric and I just cannot buy into the anthropocentric ideology. Basically we're a bunch of conceited apes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/almost-all-theological-thought-is-anthropocentric-and-i-just-cannot/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

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## Other authors on Bunch

## More by Paul Watson

> [Social change comes through people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/social-change-comes-through-people/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [Sea Shepherd is to terrorism what Groucho was to Marxism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/sea-shepherd-is-to-terrorism-what-groucho-was-to-marxism/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [You don't get anywhere unless you've had a little bit of a complicated life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/you-don-t-get-anywhere-unless-you-ve-had-a-little-bit-of-a/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/here-s-the-thing-nobody-gets-extradited-for-a-crime-where-nobody-s/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/the-shark-is-the-apex-predator-in-the-sea-sharks-have-molded/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [We are literally eating the oceans alive and there are simply not enough fish to continue to feed an ever expanding population of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-are-literally-eating-the-oceans-alive-and-there-are-simply-not/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [I want to stay in the ocean. I'm not going to be able to do that from some holding cell in Japan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-want-to-stay-in-the-ocean-i-m-not-going-to-be-able-to-do-that-from/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/it-is-true-that-many-of-the-sea-shepherd-crewmembers-are/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-have-intelligent-species-on-our-planet-that-we-are-not-even-trying/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [I don't think you really have to retire from what you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-don-t-think-you-really-have-to-retire-from-what-you-do/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/if-you-want-to-know-where-you-would-have-stood-on-slavery-before-the/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/people-sometimes-feel-frustrated-about-what-s-going-on-in-our-oceans/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/the-only-language-that-the-japanese-whaling-industry-understands-is/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [I'm not pessimistic about anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-m-not-pessimistic-about-anything/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

> [I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-don-t-eat-fish-because-there-is-no-such-thing-as-sustainable/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

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