David Attenborough Quotes

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• No one will protect what they don't care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced.

  David Attenborough

  Care, Don't Care, Protect

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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.

  David Attenborough

  Beauty, Nature, Earth Day

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

  David Attenborough

  Fate, Years, Next

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• The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.

  David Attenborough

  Nature, Air, Water

  "David Attenborough: force of nature". Interview with Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2012.

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

  David Attenborough

  Eye, Grandchildren, Looks

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• Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of our environment

  David Attenborough

  Survival, Population, Benefits

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

  David Attenborough

  Choices, Environment, Cherish

  "Planet Earth: Ocean Deep". TV Mini-Series, www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad or an economist

  David Attenborough

  Believe, Mad, Growth

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• The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action. Many individuals are doing what they can, but real success can only come if there's a change in our societies and our economics and in our politics. I've been lucky in my lifetime to see some of the greatest spectacles that the natural world has to offer. Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy, inhabitable by all species

  David Attenborough

  Real, Future, Responsibility

  "State of the Planet". Documentary, www.imdb.com. (2000 - ).

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• Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of responsibility to safeguard it.

  David Attenborough

  Nature, Passion, Responsibility

  "Lessons on environment as important as the three Rs, says Attenborough". Interview with Jessica Shepherd, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2011.

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• The fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility. In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the earth.

  David Attenborough

  Lying, Responsibility, Hands

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

  David Attenborough

  Looks, World, Wonder

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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?

  David Attenborough

  Inspirational, Motivational, Book

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

  David Attenborough

  World, Humans, Better Off

  The Daily Telegraph, November 12, 2005.

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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...

  David Attenborough

  Nature, Earth Day, Understanding

  "The Sum of You: Teach Yourself" by Alan Graham, Hachette UK, (p. 13), October 29, 2010.

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

  David Attenborough

  Animal, Astounded

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

  David Attenborough

  Beautiful, People, Important

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

  David Attenborough

  Travel, Wish, Half

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

  David Attenborough

  Light, World, Evolution

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• Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.

  David Attenborough

  World, Natural, Crucial

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• 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

  Animal, Four, Different

  "Life on Earth". TV Mini-Series, Documentary, www.imdb.com. 1979.

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• 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

  Real, Our Society, Economics

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• I don't know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, 'Why don't you admit that the humming bird, the butterfly, the Bird of Paradise are proof of the wonderful things produced by Creation?' And I always say, well, when you say that, you've also got to think of a little boy sitting on a river bank, like here, in West Africa, that's got a little worm, a living organism, in his eye and boring through the eyeball and is slowly turning him blind. The Creator God that you believe in, presumably, also made that little worm. Now I personally find that difficult to accommodate.

  David Attenborough

  Atheist, Believe, Butterfly

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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

  Stars, Two, Care

  "Is it worth saving the world’s most worthless species?". www.iucn.org. November 26, 2012.

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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?

  David Attenborough

  Eye, Bird, Ears

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