All David Attenborough Quotes
- Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel. Bbc
- I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that. Abominable
- I don't approve of sunbathing, and it's bad for you. Appreciate
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival. Able
- I'm luckier than my grandfather, who didn't move more than five miles from the village in which he was born. Born
- I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. Animal
- I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated by animals. Animal
- I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune. Fabulously
- If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then. Fine
- London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want, really. British
- Natural history is not about producing fables. Fables
- The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic. Birth
- There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it. Arguable
- You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them. Appalling
- You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about. Actually Know
- I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see a wild creature… Citizens
- I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty… Almighty
- I've been to Nepal, but I'd like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go. I don't think there's anything there,… Been
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is to pass on… Aim
- Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics… Change
- Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating… Animal
- The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms… All
- All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago… Ago
- Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like that, big eyes, tiny nose,… Aaah
- Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a… Able