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David Attenborough quotes: I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.

I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.

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

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

David Attenborough quotes: All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever more people.

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

David Attenborough quotes: You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them.

You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them.

David Attenborough quotes: The World is full of wonders, but they become more Wonderful, not less Wonderful when Science looks at them.

The World is full of wonders, but they become more Wonderful, not less Wonderful when Science looks at them.

David Attenborough quotes: Its about cherishing the woodland at the bottom of your garden or the stream that runs through it. It affects every aspect of life.

Its about cherishing the woodland at the bottom of your garden or the stream that runs through it. It affects every aspect of life.

David Attenborough quotes: I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that.

I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that.

David Attenborough quotes: It never really occurred to me to believe in God.

It never really occurred to me to believe in God.

David Attenborough quotes: I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.

I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.

David Attenborough quotes: It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.

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.

Trade is a proper and decent relationship, with dignity and respect on both sides.

David Attenborough quotes: I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work.

I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work.

David Attenborough quotes: I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.

I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.

David Attenborough quotes: I think we're lucky to be living when we are, because things are going to get worse.

I think we're lucky to be living when we are, because things are going to get worse.

David Attenborough quotes: We are a plague on the Earth.

We are a plague on the Earth.

David Attenborough quotes: The fundamental issue is the moral issue.

The fundamental issue is the moral issue.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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

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

David Attenborough quotes: All life is related. And it enables us to construct with confidence the complex tree that represents the history of life

All life is related. And it enables us to construct with confidence the complex tree that represents the history of life

David Attenborough quotes: The reverse side of the coin in having this extraordinary ability to go anywhere, is that no one anywhere is remote any more.

The reverse side of the coin in having this extraordinary ability to go anywhere, is that no one anywhere is remote any more.

David Attenborough quotes: You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about.

You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about.

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

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

David Attenborough quotes: Since when has Finland been a rotten place to live in?

Since when has Finland been a rotten place to live in?

David Attenborough quotes: What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet.

What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet.

David Attenborough quotes: Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.

Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.

David Attenborough quotes: The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.

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

David Attenborough quotes: There are perfectly good independent small nations.

There are perfectly good independent small nations.

David Attenborough quotes: I am an ardent recycler. I would like to think that it works. I don't know whether it does or not.

I am an ardent recycler. I would like to think that it works. I don't know whether it does or not.

David Attenborough quotes: Nothing in the natural world makes sense - except when seen in the light of evolution

Nothing in the natural world makes sense - except when seen in the light of evolution

David Attenborough quotes: Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs?

Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs?

David Attenborough quotes: Crying wolf is a real danger.

Crying wolf is a real danger.

David Attenborough quotes: In the Baboon community, it is not how strong you are that is important, but who you know that counts

In the Baboon community, it is not how strong you are that is important, but who you know that counts

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

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

David Attenborough quotes: No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experiened

No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experiened

David Attenborough quotes: Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.

Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.

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.

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: If I can bicycle, I bicycle.

If I can bicycle, I bicycle.

David Attenborough quotes: There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of staying alive.

There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of staying alive.

David Attenborough quotes: I have no doubt that the fundamental problem the planet faces is the enormous increase in the human population

I have no doubt that the fundamental problem the planet faces is the enormous increase in the human population

David Attenborough quotes: What I am interested in with birds, just as I am with spiders or monkeys, is what they do and why they do it.

What I am interested in with birds, just as I am with spiders or monkeys, is what they do and why they do it.

David Attenborough quotes: It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.

It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.

David Attenborough quotes: I don't approve of sunbathing, and it's bad for you.

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

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

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

David Attenborough quotes: I'm not in politics.

I'm not in politics.

David Attenborough quotes: People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.

People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.

David Attenborough quotes: I'm luckier than my grandfather, who didn't move more than five miles from the village in which he was born.

I'm luckier than my grandfather, who didn't move more than five miles from the village in which he was born.

David Attenborough quotes: 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?

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?

David Attenborough quotes: We can now destroy or we can cherish-the choice is ours.

We can now destroy or we can cherish-the choice is ours.

David Attenborough quotes: If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then.

If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then.

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

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

David Attenborough quotes: If we [humans] disappeared overnight, the world would probably be better off.

If we [humans] disappeared overnight, the world would probably be better off.

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

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

David Attenborough quotes: Can a growing human population still leave space for wildlife?

Can a growing human population still leave space for wildlife?

David Attenborough quotes: Natural history is not about producing fables.

Natural history is not about producing fables.

David Attenborough quotes: London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world ... It's got everything you want, really.

London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world ... It's got everything you want, really.

David Attenborough quotes: Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel.

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

David Attenborough quotes: One in eight plant species face extinction.

One in eight plant species face extinction.

David Attenborough quotes: I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune.

I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune.

David Attenborough quotes: People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.

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

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.

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: How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew what was happening to the world and did nothing.

How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew what was happening to the world and did nothing.

David Attenborough quotes: Now, I find that very difficult to reconcile with notions about a merciful God.

Now, I find that very difficult to reconcile with notions about a merciful God.

David Attenborough quotes: We can now manipulate images to such an extrodinary extent that there's no lie you cannot tell.

We can now manipulate images to such an extrodinary extent that there's no lie you cannot tell.