David’s voice has described life on Earth and inspired billions of people over the years, so to celebrate we’re sharing his words of wisdom, words that we believe will continue to resonate for the next 100 years.
“It’s crazy that our banks and our pensions are investing in fossil fuels when these are the very things that are jeopardising the future we are saving for.”
“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”
“The best motto is not to waste things. Don’t waste electricity, don’t waste paper, don’t waste food. Live the way you want to live, but just don’t waste.”
“We now have a few short years during which we can make a choice. Where just enough remains of the natural world for it to recover. This starts and ends with us.”
“Every breath of air we take, every mouthful of food that we take, comes from the natural world. And if we damage the natural world, we damage ourselves.”
“We can’t cut down rainforests forever. Anything that we can’t do forever is, by definition, unsustainable.”
“The fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we have now. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility.”
”It’s surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth.”
“In my lifetime I have witnessed a terrible decline. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery.”
All these quotes are attributed to David Attenborough, with some featuring in his works or during the promotion of his works, such as: A Life on Our Planet (2020), Saving Our Wild Isles (2023), Life on Earth (1979), Seven Worlds One Planet (2019).
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