I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals. David Attenborough animalbitehistory Change image and share on social
I've been bitten by a python. Not a very big one. I was being silly, saying: 'Oh, it's not poisonous...' Then, wallop! But you have fear around animals. David Attenborough animalbigbite Change image and share on social
All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever more people. David Attenborough easyenvironmentalfew Change image and share on social
It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. David Attenborough exterminatemoralquestion Change image and share on social
If my grandchildren were to look at me and say, 'You were aware species were disappearing and you did nothing, you said nothing', that I think is culpable. I don't know how much more they expect me to be doing, I'd better ask them. David Attenborough awareculpabledisappear share on social
I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance. Of course it has. There is no valid argument for denial. David Attenborough absolutelyargumentastound share on social
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 peopletalktelevision Change image and share on social
I don't like rats, but there's not much else I don't like. The problem with rats is they have no fear of human beings, they're loaded with foul diseases, they would run the place given half the chance, and I've had them leap out of a lavatory while I've been sitting on it. David Attenborough beingchancedisease share on social
If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is to pass on their genes to the next generation. David Attenborough aimanimalconclusion Change image and share on social
You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them. David Attenborough appallmisleadpeople Change image and share on social
