I'm Swanning Round The World Looking At

At A Time When It's Possible For Thirty People To Stand On The Top Of Everest In One Day, Antarctica Still Remains A Remote, Lonely And Desolate Continent. A Place Where It's Possible To See The Splendours And Immensities Of The Natural World At Its Most Dramatic And, What's More, Witness Them Almost Exactly As They Were, Long, Long Before Human Beings Ever Arrived On The Surface Of This Planet. Long May It Remain So.

I'm Not An Animal Lover If That Means You Think Things Are Nice If You Can Pat Them, But I Am Intoxicated By Animals.

You Know, It Is A Terrible Thing To Appear On Television, Because People Think That You Actually Know What You're Talking About.

The Most Extraordinary Thing About Trying To Piece Together The Missing Links In The Evolutionary Story Is That When You Do Find A Missing Link And Put It In The Story, You Suddenly Need All These Other Missing Links To Connect To The New Discovery. The Gaps And Questions Actually Increase - It's Extraordinary.

If You Watch Animals Objectively For Any Length Of Time, You're Driven To The Conclusion That Their Main Aim In Life Is To Pass On Their Genes To The Next Generation.