David Attenborough Quotes

I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is w...

We are not overpopulated in an absolute sense; we've got the technology for 10 billion, probably 15 ...

All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately ...

I don’t know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, ‘Why don’t you admit that the humming bir...

Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel.

Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our...

There is no question that climate change is happening the only arguable point is what part humans ar...

I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this extremely tend...

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but...

Now, over half of us live in an urban environment. My home, too, is here in the city of London. Look...

Young people: They care. They know that this is the world that they're going to grow up in, that the...

I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory th...

I find it far more awesome, wonderful, that creation; our appearance in the world; should be the cul...

Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with gl...

The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides...

‎Using his burgeoning intelligence, this most successful of all mammals has exploited the environmen...

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement the greatest source of vi...

I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.

Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even i...

I don't like rats, but there's not much else I don't like. The problem with rats is they have no fea...

The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is tryi...

I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.

The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope ...

Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an ...

Natural history is not about producing fables.

The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, s...

It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer spa...

All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is t...

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an...