I cannot remember a time when I did not want to go to Africa to study animals.

Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.

Every single day, we could be in a motorcar accident, so, we have to carry on with our lives, and not imagine terror around every corner.

It's up to us to save the world for tomorrow: it's up to you and me.

You can't do everything. You can't do health and forestry and agriculture. You've got to focus and do one or the other.

I wasn't trying to be a scientist. I only ever wanted to be a naturalist, like a David Attenborough.

We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.