Quotes by Steve Irwin - Page 2

Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Lucky
Mum
Passionate
Snakes
Rescuing
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When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to you because I want to whip you around and plunk you right there with me.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Camera
Mate
Whip
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Jobs
Noses
Reason
Torn
Yeah
Me Bad Know
Bite
Nearly
Nose
Parrot
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Because when they strike it can be that quick that if they're within range, you're dead, you're dead in your tracks. And his head weighs more than my body so it's WHACK!
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Range
Your Body More
Dead
Quick
Strike
Tracks
Weighs
Whack
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Matter
Snakes
Venomous
Walks
Instinctive
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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!
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Desire
Kryptonite
Wildlife
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Animal
Land
Lying
Rice
Species
Unfortunate
Except
Insect
Lies
Pest
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Dad
Hero
Jacques Cousteau
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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 past.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Aboriginal
Childhood
Childhood Memories
Connections
Memories
Protect
Sacred
Dad Childhood Me
Regardless
Status
Tribal
Youngest
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Dad
Memories
People
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I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn't film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Blood
Finished
Seven
Underwater
Across
Hit
Shot
Bled
Whacked
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Boys
Cameras
Capture
Gone
Team
Boy
Me Doing Know
Beyond
Exactly
Exactly What
Follow
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What television has done is it's given me a stepping stone to get to some other countries and really wild destinations throughout this world, which perhaps I would have had to struggle to get to.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Country
Done
Struggle
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Animal
Doe
Example
Matter
Seventeen
Species
Anyone
Does
Those
Rare
Favorite
Take
Crocodile
Endangered
For Example
Says
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Crikey means gee whiz, wow! Crikey, mate. You're far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the producers and all those sharks in the big MGM building.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Mean
Sharks
Wow
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My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it's shaky or slightly out of focus, I don't give a rip. Even if a big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, 'Crikey!' just before I die. That would be the ultimate for me.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Giving
Numbers
Rip
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Believe
Islands
People
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Life
Important
Use
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Heart
Knives
Sorry
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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.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Optimistic
Environmental
Country
Hunters
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A lot of people who work with wildlife work with wildlife to satisfy their own egos. And I don't really agree with that. What I do is get in nice and close to the animal to make the animal look good. My aim in this world is to make that brown snake, that crocodile, that koala, that red-backed spider, that black widow, look good. That's my job. I have absolutely no problem with my ego or my staff's ego.
Steve Irwin / Television Personality
Jobs
Animal
Nice
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