Roger Payne Quotes (6 Quotes)

Whales are humanity's canary in the coal mine, ... As ocean pollution levels increase, marine mammals like whales will be among the first to go.

The agreement we've got, they're going to pay it back,

All variables being equal, the most important thing is local use and acceptance. Frankly, outside of a few policies, the federal government doesn't care what the name is. ... That's why we ask and pretty much require their recommendation.

Pretty much as long as the official authorities at the state or local level agree or, let's say now, don't disagree, it automatically happens,

As far as I know, the use of the word 'slave' has never been even proposed by anyone as offensive.

Those were the old antiquated British forms, and they wanted a more clean American form, ... It really hadn't gotten its sea legs yet because this had never been done anywhere else in the world.