Steve Irwin Quotes

Crocodiles are really bold, and they do come up on land.

My field is with apex predators, hence your crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders.

Parents, just keep in mind that kids will always round off to the nearest obscenity.

bringing up children was]like living with a bunch of drunks...you really have to be on your toes all the time.

Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since parents of kids the same age as yours won't admit how horrible their children are.

I'd love to have three or four kids. But my mom always says: "Speak to me after you have your first".

I think you lose your innocence when you have kids, because the world suddenly becomes a much more dangerous place.

Real life, raising kids and trying to raise them to be good people takes a lot of work. It's all about (appearing) effortless, yet there's so much effort. You do it the best you can.

Kids are like heroin, a little heroin addiction. When it’s bad, you’ve never been so miserable, but when it’s good you’ve never been so high.

My kids will be needing me a lot when they hit their teens. If I know anything about being a teenager. I need to be braced to be spending a lot of time with all six of them and making sure I can be there for when they go through everything.

Crocodiles. I’ve been catching them since I was nine. No problem.

My kids were completely out of control, while I was working fifteen hours a day plus weekends. I screamed a lot, something I'm not particularly proud of, but it was that or firearms.

Screaming. Did I mention the screaming? Screaming is usually associated with horror films and roller coasters. This is why I usually look like I've just watched a horror film on a rollercoaster. Kids love to scream. Frightened, happy, bored. They scream. I've actually learned to love the sound of a vacuum cleaner. It's just so peaceful.

I had four children. And my youngest when we started was like, oh, gosh, 2 or a little less. And sometimes my kids would say to me, you know, how come you don't scream at those kids on television like you do us?

Back when I was a kid, I never liked the kind of kids that my kids have become. They're privileged and have things very easy. But I'm proud of them. None of my kids are getting high, they love school, they're very popular.

I was very strict on that point. No devouring classmates." Jeremy rolled his eyes. "Other parents warn their kids not to talk to strangers. I had to warn mine not to eat them.

It's shocking how sophisticated little kids can be, when it comes to behaving in a professional manner, and that's a credit to their parents.

I've always worked really hard, and the hardest thing I've ever done is have kids!

It’s funny – my married friends tell me all the time, 'What you have is so much easier.' When you’re doing it on your own, you don't have to [argue over] how you're raising the kids.

Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing. Kids get heavy. Quite literally. They're heavy to lift up when they're throwing tantrums.

Kids can be a pain in the neck when they're not a lump in your throat.

I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.

I'd hate to have a kid like me.

Having and raising children is doing something with your life! ... And I have to say that having your kids is one of the greatest things you can do.

Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.