Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell
Gerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell, OBEwas a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter. He founded what are now called the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Durrell Wildlife Park on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959, but is perhaps best remembered for writing a number of books based on his life as an animal collector and enthusiast. He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell...
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth7 January 1925
world firsts delight
There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.
conservation motto should
In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.
maps add study
They were maps that lived, maps that one could study, frown over, and add to; maps, in short, that really meant something.
humble butterfly eye
Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces and monstrous globular eyes, frosty gold, with an expression of intense, predatory madness in them. The crooked arms, with their fringes of sharp teeth, would be raised in mock supplication to the insect world, so humble, so fervent, trembling slightly when a butterfly flew too close.
islands magic pollen
Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.
knowledge ignorant half
I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.
voice fire tree
As I watched the pulsing fire among the trees and heard the beat of the drum merge and tremble with the voices, forming an intricate pattern of sound, I knew that someday I would have to return or be haunted forever by the beauty and mystery that is Africa.
atmosphere produce expected
I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.
knitting wish arguing
I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.