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12/30/12

David Attenborough Quotes


"An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment." ~SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

"Ever since we arrived on this planet as a species, we've cut them down, dug them up, burnt them and poisoned them. Today we're doing so on a greater scale than ever. We destroy trees at our peril. Neither we nor any other animal can survive without them. "
~Sir David Attenborough

"Every breath we take and everything we eat comes from the natural world. We are destroying it and ourselves.” ~Sir David Attenborough, received a standing ovation from the conference attendees." ~Sir David Attenborough

"I wish the world was twice as big - and half of it was still unexplored." ~SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

"It's surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth." ~SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

“It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.” ~SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

"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." ~SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

"Nature once determined how we survive.  Now we determine how nature 
survives." ~David Attenborough

"People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.” ~SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

“Right now, eight million tonnes of plastics ends up in the oceans every year. The actions of just one of us may seem to be trivial and to have no effect. But the knowledge that there are thousands, hundreds of thousands of people who are doing the same thing... that really does have an effect – so please join us.” ~David Attenborough

“The whole of life is coming to terms with yourself and the natural world. Why are you here? How do you fit in? What’s it all about?” ~SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

"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

“This is a story of our changing planet, and what we can do to help it thrive…” ~SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

"We can create a world with clean air and water, unlimited energy and fish stocks that will sustain us well into the future. But to do that, we need a plan." ~David Attenborough

"We can exterminate whole ecosystems without even noticing it." ~Sir David Attenborough

“Young people - they care. They know that this is the world that they're going to grow up in, that they're going to spend the rest of their lives in. But, I think it's more idealistic than that. They actually believe that humanity, human species, has no right to destroy and despoil regardless." ~SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

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