This last chapter .. may have given the impression that somehow man is the ultimate triumph of evolution, that all these millions… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet. — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself.… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
There's a small worm called Loa Loa Filariasis. This parasite can survive in one environment exclusively- namely, underneath the skin and inside… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I find it far more awesome, wonderful, that creation; our appearance in the world; should be the culmination, or at least one… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Very few species have survived unchanged. There's one called lingula, which is a little shellfish, a little brachiopod about the size of… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
When I was a boy in the 1930s, the carbon dioxide level was still below 300 parts per million. This year, it… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Birds were flying from continent to continent long before we were. They reached the coldest place on Earth, Antarctica, long before we… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage. — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition. — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
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,… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
“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… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
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,… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival. — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
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… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
