David Attenborough Quotes

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David Attenborough

Profession : Journalist

Birth : May 8, 1926

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 and in our politics.

David Attenborough

We are not overpopulated in an absolute sense; we've got the technology for 10 billion, probably 15 billion people, to live on this planet and live good lives. What we haven't done is developed our technology.

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 first human being'. We are so self-obsessed with our own history. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.

David Attenborough

You can cry about death and very properly so, your own as well as anybody else's. But it's inevitable, so you'd better grapple with it and cope and be aware that not only is it inevitable, but it has always been inevitable, if you see what I mean.

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Nature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind to you.

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There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

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We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global.

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Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?

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It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

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

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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 them with respect, the viewers are.

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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

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

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The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants.

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Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.

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If I can bicycle, I bicycle.

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It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.

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Crying wolf is a real danger.

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Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have to stop waste, and if you travel for no reason whatsoever, that is a waste.

David Attenborough

I don't approve of sunbathing, and it's bad for you.

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