I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work.

I'm luckier than my grandfather, who didn't move more than five miles from the village in which he was born.

Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.

I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

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.

The World is full of wonders, but they become more Wonderful, not less Wonderful when Science looks at them.

The idea that the Lord had given us a present, that the world is a gift from God... well, the amount of stuff, back then, that the Lord was giving away was limited. We do not have dominion.