This last chapter .. may have given the impression that somehow man is the ultimate triumph of evolution, that all these millions of years of development have had no purpose other than to put him on earth. There is no scientific evidence whatever to support such a view and no reason to suppose that our stay here will be any more permanent than that of the dinosaur.
David AttenboroughPeople must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.
David AttenboroughThe 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 AttenboroughEveryone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?
David AttenboroughI think the most alarming animals I have encountered are really poisonous snakes.
David Attenborough