#act

I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. It's just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions. ↗

— David Attenborough

#dimensions #fact #first #first time #gear

I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this extremely tender environmentalist conscience, but the fact is I hate driving. ↗

— David Attenborough

#car #conscience #could #driving #environmentalist

I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost. ↗

— David Attenborough

#adventure #ago #approach #days #didactic

You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about. ↗

— David Attenborough

#actually #appear #because #know #people

Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack these luxuries. How do you practice without such tryout venues? ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#generation #had #how #lack #libraries

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#did #know #knowing #our #progress

Gardening is not a rational act. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#act #rational

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#course #dead #democracy #else #everything

I'm 16 now, I was 15 when it happened... and the encryption code wasn't in fact written by me, but written by the German member. There seems to be a bit of confusion about that part. ↗

— Jon Johansen

#bit #code #confusion #encryption #fact

It always takes awhile to find out who the characters are. ↗

— Rene Auberjonois

#awhile #characters #find #out #takes