--- title: "14 Species Quotes By Paul Watson" description: "14 Species quotes by Paul Watson. Plus more from Paul Watson and more Species sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/paul-watson-1855_ability_intelligence-is-the-ability-of-a-species_2203825.jpg" --- > [Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/intelligence-is-the-ability-of-a-species-to-live-in-harmony-with-its/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/paul-watson-1855_ability_intelligence-is-the-ability-of-a-species_2203825.jpg) > [There's money to be made by driving a species extinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/there-s-money-to-be-made-by-driving-a-species-extinct/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/paul-watson-1855_driving_there-s-money-to-be-made-by-driving-a-sp_2636903.jpg) > [No species is more important than others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/no-species-is-more-important-than-others/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/paul-watson-1855_important_no-species-is-more-important-than-others_2758046.jpg) > [I can't think of a greater legacy than, "Because you lived, another species survived."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-can-t-think-of-a-greater-legacy-than-because-you-lived-another/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/paul-watson-1855_greater_i-can-t-think-of-a-greater-legacy-than-b_2952585.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/paul-watson-1855_communicate_we-have-intelligent-species-on-our-plane_78880.jpg) > [I feel that we have a responsibility to try to do everything we can to protect species, and the best way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-feel-that-we-have-a-responsibility-to-try-to-do-everything-we-can/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/paul-watson-1855_best_i-feel-that-we-have-a-responsibility-to_918177.jpg) > [The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa0/paul-watson-1855_behavior_the-shark-is-the-apex-predator-in-the-se_54807.jpg) > [Well lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than weve lost in the last 65 million years. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/well-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-animals-between-2000-and-2065/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/paul-watson-1855_animal_well-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-ani_155740.jpg) > [We'll lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than we've lost in the last 65 million years. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-ll-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-animals-between-2000-and-2065/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/paul-watson-1855_animals_we-ll-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-an_2721489.jpg) > [We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion. We need to eliminate nationalism and tribalism and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-need-to-radically-and-intelligently-reduce-human-populations-to/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/paul-watson-1855_believe_we-need-to-radically-and-intelligently-r_844306.jpg) > [I have been honored to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-have-been-honored-to-serve-the-whales-dolphins-seals-and-all-the/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/paul-watson-1855_birth_i-have-been-honored-to-serve-the-whales_2473747.jpg) > [Seafood is simply a socially acceptable form of bush meat. We condemn Africans for hunting monkeys and mammalian and bird species from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/seafood-is-simply-a-socially-acceptable-form-of-bush-meat-we-condemn/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/paul-watson-1855_acceptable_seafood-is-simply-a-socially-acceptable_2632647.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) > [As for myself, I do not believe in loggers, I believe in trees. I do not believe in fishermen, I believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/as-for-myself-i-do-not-believe-in-loggers-i-believe-in-trees-i-do-not/) [Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/paul-watson-1855_alliances_as-for-myself-i-do-not-believe-in-logger_1061496.jpg) ## Other authors on Species ## 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/species/paul-watson/#itemlist", "name": "14 Species Quotes By Paul Watson", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Watson" }, "url": 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If we dont find answers to these problems, were gonna be victims of this extinction event that were at fault for.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Watson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/well-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-animals-between-2000-and-2065/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/paul-watson-1855_animal_well-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-ani_155740.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/paul-watson-1855_animal_well-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-ani_155740.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/paul-watson-1855_animal_well-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-ani_155740.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than weve lost in the last 65 million…” — Paul Watson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We'll lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than we've lost in the last 65 million years. If we don't find answers to these problems, we're gonna be victims of this extinction event that we're at fault for.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Watson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-ll-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-animals-between-2000-and-2065/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/paul-watson-1855_animals_we-ll-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-an_2721489.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/paul-watson-1855_animals_we-ll-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-an_2721489.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/paul-watson-1855_animals_we-ll-lose-more-species-of-plants-and-an_2721489.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We'll lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than we've lost in the last 65 million…” — Paul Watson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion. We need to eliminate nationalism and tribalism and become Earthlings. And as Earthlings, we need to recognize that all the other species that live on this planet are also fellow citizens and also Earthlings. This is a planet of incredible diversity of life-forms; it is not a planet of one species as many of us believe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Watson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/we-need-to-radically-and-intelligently-reduce-human-populations-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/paul-watson-1855_believe_we-need-to-radically-and-intelligently-r_844306.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/paul-watson-1855_believe_we-need-to-radically-and-intelligently-r_844306.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/paul-watson-1855_believe_we-need-to-radically-and-intelligently-r_844306.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion. 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If the whales survive and flourish, if the seals continue to live and give birth, and if I can contribute to ensuring their future prosperity, I will be forever happy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Watson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/i-have-been-honored-to-serve-the-whales-dolphins-seals-and-all-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/paul-watson-1855_birth_i-have-been-honored-to-serve-the-whales_2473747.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/paul-watson-1855_birth_i-have-been-honored-to-serve-the-whales_2473747.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/paul-watson-1855_birth_i-have-been-honored-to-serve-the-whales_2473747.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have been honored to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. 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