All David Attenborough Quotes
- 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
- I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of preserving ourselves, of… Another Question
- I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's… Advantage
- I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance.… Absolutely
- I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and thousands of pounds… Anybody
- I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel like, I will go to… Absolutely
- In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use… Basic
- It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That's why I never do commercials. If I started saying that margarine was… Believe
- It was regarded as a responsibility of the BBC to provide programs which have a broad spectrum of interest, and if there was a hole… Bbc
- 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 grow food for… Change
- 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 first… Always Go