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> [The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, so you get glimpses of a non-human world, and that is a transporting thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/the-process-of-making-natural-history-films-is-to-try-to-prevent-the/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

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## More by David Attenborough

> [I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-just-wish-the-world-was-twice-as-big-and-half-of-it-was-still/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-m-against-this-huge-globalisation-on-the-basis-of-economic-advantage/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/bringing-nature-into-the-classroom-can-kindle-a-fascination-and/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I don't approve of sunbathing, and it's bad for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-don-t-approve-of-sunbathing-and-it-s-bad-for-you/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-suspect-that-happiness-is-not-a-state-but-rather-a-transition/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I don't like rats, but there's not much else I don't like. The problem with rats is they have no fear of human beings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-don-t-like-rats-but-there-s-not-much-else-i-don-t-like-the-problem/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [“We only know a tiny proportion about the complexity of the natural world. Wherever you look, there are still things we don’t know about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/we-only-know-a-tiny-proportion-about-the-complexity-of-the-natural/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [At a time when it's possible for thirty people to stand on the top of Everest in one day, Antarctica still remains a remote,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/at-a-time-when-it-s-possible-for-thirty-people-to-stand-on-the-top-of/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-suffer-much-less-than-many-of-my-colleagues-i-am-perfectly-able-to/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-m-not-over-fond-of-animals-i-am-merely-astounded-by-them/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/television-of-course-actually-started-in-britain-in-1936-and-it-was-a/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/it-s-extraordinary-how-self-obsessed-human-beings-are-the-things-that/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [This last chapter .. may have given the impression that somehow man is the ultimate triumph of evolution, that all these millions of years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/this-last-chapter-may-have-given-the-impression-that-somehow-man-is/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [To suggest that God specifically created a worm to torture small African children is blasphemy as far as I can see. The Archbishop of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/to-suggest-that-god-specifically-created-a-worm-to-torture-small/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [In the Baboon community, it is not how strong you are that is important, but who you know that counts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/in-the-baboon-community-it-is-not-how-strong-you-are-that-is/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

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