--- title: "10 Should Quotes By Paul Watson" description: "10 Should quotes by Paul Watson. Plus more from Paul Watson and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/paul-watson-1855_bird_i-got-the-impression-that-instead-of-goi_1347519.jpg" --- > [I got the impression that instead of going out to shoot birds, I should go out and shoot the kids who shoot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-got-the-impression-that-instead-of-going-out-to-shoot-birds-i/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/paul-watson-1855_bird_i-got-the-impression-that-instead-of-goi_1347519.jpg) > [The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/the-sea-shepherd-crew-is-doing-what-governments-should-be-doing-but/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/paul-watson-1855_because_the-sea-shepherd-crew-is-doing-what-gove_1609778.jpg) > [It's funny but when young people say to me "what can I study to be a force for change, should I study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/it-s-funny-but-when-young-people-say-to-me-what-can-i-study-to-be-a/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/paul-watson-1855_answers_it-s-funny-but-when-young-people-say-to_3060193.jpg) > [We should not be living in human communities that enclose tiny preserved ecosystems within them. Human communities should be maintained in small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-should-not-be-living-in-human-communities-that-enclose-tiny/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/paul-watson-1855_areas_we-should-not-be-living-in-human-communi_913360.jpg) > [Who should have children? Those who are responsible and completely dedicated to the responsibility which is actually a very small percentage of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/who-should-have-children-those-who-are-responsible-and-completely/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/paul-watson-1855_being-a-parent_who-should-have-children-those-who-are-r_1335712.jpg) > [All consumption should be local. No food products need to be transported over hundreds of miles to market. All commercial fishing should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/all-consumption-should-be-local-no-food-products-need-to-be/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/paul-watson-1855_car_all-consumption-should-be-local-no-food_2174582.jpg) > [We should never feel like we're going too far in breaking the law, because whatever laws you break to liberate animals or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-should-never-feel-like-we-re-going-too-far-in-breaking-the-law/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/paul-watson-1855_animal_we-should-never-feel-like-we-re-going-to_1268980.jpg) > [We need to stop burning fossil fuels and utilize only wind, water, and solar power with all generation of power coming from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-need-to-stop-burning-fossil-fuels-and-utilize-only-wind-water-and/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/paul-watson-1855_air_we-need-to-stop-burning-fossil-fuels-and_2608373.jpg) > [In other words, people should be placed in parks within ecosystems instead of parks placed in human communities. We need vast areas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/in-other-words-people-should-be-placed-in-parks-within-ecosystems/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/paul-watson-1855_areas_in-other-words-people-should-be-placed-i_2563810.jpg) > [I feel that people should have a license to have children, that they have proper education how to raise children. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-feel-that-people-should-have-a-license-to-have-children-that-they/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/paul-watson-1855_allowed_i-feel-that-people-should-have-a-license_2758234.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/paul-watson/#itemlist", "name": "10 Should Quotes By Paul Watson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I got the impression that instead of going out to shoot birds, I should go out and shoot the kids who shoot birds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Watson" }, "url": 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