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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

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended? ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#blended #child #fruit #image #monsieur

Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have to stop waste, and if you travel for no reason whatsoever, that is a waste. ↗

— David Attenborough

#dealing #global #global warming #got #mean

As far as I'm concerned, if there is a supreme being then He chose organic evolution as a way of bringing into existence the natural world... which doesn't seem to me to be necessarily blasphemous at all. ↗

— David Attenborough

#being #bringing #chose #concerned #evolution

I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature. ↗

— David Attenborough

#created #credit #frequently #get #give

I've been to Nepal, but I'd like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go. I don't think there's anything there, but it would be a nice place to visit. ↗

— David Attenborough

#been #go #i #like #must

Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel. ↗

— David Attenborough

#before #i #joined #navy #order

I love running in Europe, man, running at places like Zurich and Crystal Palace where the crowd is so knowledgeable and appreciative. ↗

— Maurice Greene

#crowd #crystal #europe #i #i love

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

The more one produces, the less one gets. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#less #more #produces