David Attenborough
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FLS FZS FSA is an English broadcaster and naturalist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth8 May 1926
CityIsleworth, England
animals knew nocturnal people
People knew that animals were nocturnal but they didn't really know what they did because they couldn't see it.
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We've lived here for 38 years. This is where our kids were born, and this is my place. As far as I'm concerned, if I can't have this, I don't want anything.
horses sea solution
You know, we could say yes, they were about to exterminate sea horses and now they aren't... But it isn't a solution to the world's problems.
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I think there will be radical changes. But I don't actually think that within the next 100 years the natural world will be reduced to rats and cockroaches, nor do I think that the plant world will be reduced to some kind of desert.
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Here we are with even the most obvious things like a fishing policy or a transport policy-we know what the consequences are.
airline animals asked food staff
I asked the airline staff what I was going to do with all the animals as I didn't have any food for them. They were very unhelpful.
awful axe good grinding
I do an awful lot of appearances, and to have one person always grinding the same axe would not be a good idea.
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If I do a series or tapes for the States and it's sponsored by somebody for the public broadcast system, I am committed to going on tour around various stations.
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You were never quite sure which were pickpockets or loose ladies.