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David Attenborough Quotes

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars Picture Quote #1

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 bed at half past eleven. If that means going to bed early or late, that’s what I live by. As soon as you get there, live by that time Picture Quote #1

I’m swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune Picture Quote #1

Well, I’m having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English Picture Quote #1

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 them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes Picture Quote #1

Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs? Picture Quote #1

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I’m against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage Picture Quote #1

It’s a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species Picture Quote #1

Trade is a proper and decent relationship, with dignity and respect on both sides Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. It's just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions Picture Quote #1

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 them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about Picture Quote #1

The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, so you get glimpses of a non-human world, and that is a transporting thing Picture Quote #1

No one will protect what they don’t care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced Picture Quote #1

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Anyone who thinks that you can have infinite growth on a planet with finite resources is either a madman or an economist Picture Quote #1

When I was a boy in the 1930s, the carbon dioxide level was still below 300 parts per million. This year, it reached 382, the highest figure for hundreds of thousands of years Picture Quote #1

I’m no longer sceptical. I no longer have any doubt at all. I think climate change is the major challenge facing the world Picture Quote #1

Life is not all high emotion. Some of the most interesting things are when its not highly emotional: little details of relationships and body language Picture Quote #1

Nature isn’t positive in that way. It doesn’t aim itself at you. It’s not being unkind to you Picture Quote #1

I think we’re lucky to be living when we are, because things are going to get worse Picture Quote #1

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The more you go on, the less you need people standing between you and the animal and the camera waving their arms about Picture Quote #1

I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals Picture Quote #1

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 power that created nature Picture Quote #1

I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure Picture Quote #1

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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. (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 bed at half past eleven. If that means going to bed early or late, that’s what I live by. As soon as you get there, live by that time. (David Attenborough Quotes) I’m swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune. (David Attenborough Quotes) Well, I’m having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English. (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes. (David Attenborough Quotes) Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs? (David Attenborough Quotes) I’m against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage (David Attenborough Quotes) It’s a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species (David Attenborough Quotes) Trade is a proper and decent relationship, with dignity and respect on both sides (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 Quotes) I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. It's just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about (David Attenborough Quotes) The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, so you get glimpses of a non-human world, and that is a transporting thing (David Attenborough Quotes) No one will protect what they don’t care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced (David Attenborough Quotes) Anyone who thinks that you can have infinite growth on a planet with finite resources is either a madman or an economist (David Attenborough Quotes) When I was a boy in the 1930s, the carbon dioxide level was still below 300 parts per million. This year, it reached 382, the highest figure for hundreds of thousands of years (David Attenborough Quotes) I’m no longer sceptical. I no longer have any doubt at all. I think climate change is the major challenge facing the world (David Attenborough Quotes) Life is not all high emotion. Some of the most interesting things are when its not highly emotional: little details of relationships and body language (David Attenborough Quotes) Nature isn’t positive in that way. It doesn’t aim itself at you. It’s not being unkind to you (David Attenborough Quotes) I think we’re lucky to be living when we are, because things are going to get worse (David Attenborough Quotes) The more you go on, the less you need people standing between you and the animal and the camera waving their arms about (David Attenborough Quotes) I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 power that created nature (David Attenborough Quotes) I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home (David Attenborough Quotes) 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 Quotes) People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure (David Attenborough Quotes)

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