All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies. |
An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. |
Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel. |
Being in touch with the natural world is crucial. |
Children start off reading in books about lions and giraffes and so on, but they also-if they're lucky enough and have reasonable privileges of any human being-are able to go into a garden and turn over stone and see a worm and see a slug and see an ant. |
Crying wolf is a real danger. |
Getting to places like Bangkok or Singapore was a hell of a sweat. But when you got there it was the back of beyond. It was just a series of small tin sheds. |
Here we are with even the most obvious things like a fishing policy or a transport policy-we know what the consequences are. |
How could anyone believe they actually deserved something like this? |
How could anyone believe they actually deserved something like this? ... I can only think that it is because I have been able to reach so many people through television. |
I am not over fond of animals. |
I asked the airline staff what I was going to do with all the animals as I didn't have any food for them. They were very unhelpful. |
I do an awful lot of appearances, and to have one person always grinding the same axe would not be a good idea. |
I don't approve of sunbathing, and it's bad for you. |
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. |