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.

quote by David Attenborough
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see a wild creature from dawn 'til dusk, unless it's a pigeon, which isn't really wild, which might come and settle near them.

quote by David Attenborough
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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.

quote by David Attenborough
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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.

quote by David Attenborough
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!