David Attenborough Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And yet they inhabit a world which is really rather mysterious.”

“If I can bicycle, I bicycle.”

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

“Crying wolf is a real danger.”

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

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

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

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

“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 the same as motherhood, people would think I was a liar.”