Quotes by David Attenborough

“We have come as far as we have because we are the cleverest creatures to have ever lived on Earth. But if we are to continue to exist, we will require more than intelligence. We will require wisdom.”

“We live our comfortable lives in the shadow of a disaster of our own making. That disaster is being brought about by the very things that allow us to live our comfortable lives.”

“No one will protect what they dont care about; and no one will care about what they have never experiened”

“We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves.”

“I dont think whole populations are villainous, but Americans are just extraordinarily unaware of all kinds of things. If you live in the middle of that vast continent, with apparently everything your heart could wish for just because you were born there, then why worry? [...] If people lose knowledge, sympathy and understanding of the natural world, theyre going to mistreat it and will not ask their politicians to care for it.”

“It seems that, however grave our mistakes, nature will be able to overcome them, given the chance.”

“Using his burgeoning intelligence, this most successful of all mammals has exploited the environment to produce food for an ever increasing population. Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps its time we controlled the population to allow the survival of the environment.”