How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew what was happening to the world and did nothing.
David AttenboroughLondon has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want, really.
David AttenboroughThat people will object very much to seeing a predator killing its prey, and yet, in the news, will accept showing shots of people shooting one another.
David AttenboroughIt's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us about the first human being'. We are so self-obsessed with our own history. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
David AttenboroughThe fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility. In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the earth.
David Attenborough