I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness.
As long as there is a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, Sea Shepherd crew will continue to patrol and defend it.
I have been honoured to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit have inspired me.
Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
Many people cycle or swim to keep trim. But if swimming is so good for the figure, how do you explain whales?
Juno MacGuff: Yeah, I'm a legend. You know, they call me the cautionary whale.
I've seen whales calving in the waters off Maui, and I've watched my children being born. But music is the most beautiful thing of all.
[T]here is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.
Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness
All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad.
I'm tired of being inside my head. I want to live out here, with you.
If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it.
Paikea: My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs.
[about her brother] Paikea: They were waiting for their new leader... but he died.
The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
The problem is that Americans care more about saving whales than saving males.
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.
Thought he, it's a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan.
And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.
Pete Bethune is a hero in New Zealand. He's a hero worldwide to people who want to see the end of whaling.
