Terri Irwin Quotes & Sayings

The plane landed, and I had a moment to sit with Steve on my own. It was a bit of an effort to clamber up into the back of the plane. A simple wooden casket rested inside, still secured. I knew that who Steve was, his spirit and his soul, were no longer there, but it was strange how I couldn't cry.
I sat down and leaned my head against the wooden box that held his body and felt such strange peace.
In some way, we were together again. — Terri Irwin

He skied Mount Bachelor. I wasn't much of a skier, so I went off to track down wildlife while he had a great time on the slopes. Meeting him at the lodge afterward, I had to head off a leggy blonde who was intent on teaching Steve how to use an American pay phone. Not the kind of wildlife I was interested in him experiencing. — Terri Irwin

I found that Steve's passion for wildlife and willingness to lay his life on the line so exciting. What you have in our academic arena is a lot of people who are brilliant at what they do-and boring as the day is long. — Terri Irwin

No matter how nice the place is where you live, you need to experience life and the world. — Terri Irwin

It is a gift when someone can challenge you and open your mind to new ideas. — Terri Irwin

I soon learned that it is always easier for a bureaucrat to say no. They can't get in trouble saying no. — Terri Irwin

When I was a kid, they'd say, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" kids would go Wonder Woman, an astronaut. Do you know what I always said? World domination - so we're on our way. — Terri Irwin

The family that catches crocs together, rocks together. The Irwin family motto. — Terri Irwin

The only way you find what your limits are is by pushing them. — Terri Irwin

I have great faith that there's a master plan and that even if we don't understand it and even if it's heartbreaking, there's a reason for everything. And I hold on to that. — Terri Irwin

Crocodiles are easy,' Steve said. 'They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first. — Terri Irwin

Great sex is why we're so happily married! — Terri Irwin

Until the day comes when the senseless killing ends, we will all have to fight like wildlife warriors to protect our precious planet. — Terri Irwin

You completely rediscovered & relived everything to do with wildlife. — Terri Irwin

I have seen Tasmanian devils battle over a carcass. I have seen lionesses crowding a kill, dingoes on the trail of a feral piglet, and adult croc thrashing its prey to pieces. But never, in all the animal world, have I witnessed anything to match the casual cruelty of the human being. — Terri Irwin

Say my husband had a dangerous job and I wasn't with him, I don't know how you go, 'Oh honey, how was it with the police department today? You got all your fingers and toes today?' It would scare me. I'd have to become a police officer and work with him; I couldn't do it. — Terri Irwin