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
actual biology busy digest few history people sad seen sort
Very few people in the history of biology could have seen as much of the actual things that I have, and the sad thing is that I do so little with it. I'm so busy gobbling it up that I don't sort of digest it.
bed bugs coming ended floor great happened hotels pilgrimage recently sleeping tin
Just recently we were coming out of Niger and it so happened that there was a great pilgrimage so all the hotels were full. We ended up sleeping on the floor in tin huts with bed bugs and fleas.
stomach upset
I haven't-touch wood-had a stomach upset for 15 or 20 years.
colony garden indian living might wild
I get Indian ring-necked parakeets in my garden every morning. There's a big colony living wild down the road. There might be some out there now.
travel wish half
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.
travel good-times guilty
Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.
travel home journey
I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.