Quote by: David Attenborough

I don’t know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, ‘Why don’t you admit that the humming bird, the butterfly, the Bird of Paradise are proof of the wonderful things produced by Creation?’ And I always say, well, when you say that, you’ve also got to think of a little boy sitting on a river bank, like here, in West Africa, that’s got a little worm, a living organism, in his eye and boring through the eyeball and is slowly turning him blind. The Creator God that you believe in, presumably, also made that little worm. Now I personally find that difficult to accommodate…


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Author Bio


  • NameDavid Attenborough
  • DescriptionBritish broadcaster and naturalist
  • BornMay 8, 1926
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Screenwriter; Autobiographer
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order; Kalinga Prize; Princess Of Asturias Award - Social Sciences