David Attenborough

Natural History British 1926 86 quotes

Broadcaster whose documentaries inspired global conservation, warning that the natural world is the greatest source of visual beauty.

Quotes by David Attenborough

This is now a moral issue on a par with slavery.

Speech 2019

The world's growing hunger for meat and for milk is going to take a terrible toll on the world's resources of water and cropland.

Interview 2008

I don't know [if God exists]. But I do know that there's a profound mystery in the fact that we exist at all.

Interview 2015

Half of the world's population has never seen an elephant.

Speech 2019

We are at a unique stage in our history. Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet.

Book 2006

The only way to save the planet is to stop using fossil fuels.

Interview 2020

I have seen some of the most beautiful things in the world, and I have seen some of the ugliest.

Speech 2013

The natural world is the greatest source of visual beauty.

Book 1979

We must all do something to help save the planet.

Speech 2018

It's extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol alone.

Interview 2009

The human population is now so large that it is having a profound effect on the planet.

Book 2017

I think there is a moral imperative for us to act now.

Speech 2021

Life is a great adventure.

Interview 1990

The more we learn about the natural world, the more we realize how little we know.

Book 1984

We have the power to change the future.

Speech 2019

Biodiversity is the key to life on Earth.

Book 2000

I am optimistic because I believe in human ingenuity.

Interview 2020

The loss of biodiversity is a tragedy for humanity.

Speech 2010

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.

Book 2015

We must protect the wild places for our children's children.

Speech 1995