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 bookelephantgrandchild 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
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
The climate suits me, and London has the greatest serious music that you can hear any day of the week in the world - you think it's going to be Vienna or Paris or somewhere, but if you go to Vienna or Paris and say, 'Let's hear some good music', there isn't any. David Attenborough climatedaygood 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 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. David Attenborough citizencountrycreature 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 I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then. David Attenborough finemakeprogramme Change image and share on social
I've been to Nepal, but I'd like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go. I don't think there's anything there, but it would be a nice place to visit. David Attenborough havenepalnice 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
