The correct scientific response to something that is not understood must always be to look harder for the explanation, not give up and assume a supernatural cause.
David AttenboroughAll the modern devices we have enable us to investigate things and have enabled us to do better.
David AttenboroughWe really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global.
David AttenboroughYou can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for.
David AttenboroughIf I were beginning my career today, I don't think I would take the same direction. Television is at a crossroads at the moment. And although I am not up to date technologically, I suspect that somewhere out there people are conveying things about natural history by means other than television, and I think if I were beginning today, I'd be there.
David Attenborough