It never really occurred to me to believe in God.
Interpretation
David Attenborough reflects on his lack of belief in God, suggesting a life guided by reason over faith.
In this quote, David Attenborough expresses a personal revelation about his worldview, indicating that faith in a higher power was never a consideration for him. This points to a broader philosophical stance that values empirical understanding and natural explanations of the world, rather than reliance on religious beliefs.
In practice
In a discussion on personal beliefs, one might refer to Attenborough's standpoint as a way to illustrate the value of scientific understanding over faith.
I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of preserving ourselves, of that I'm sure. But whether our lives will be as rich as they are now is another question.
I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.
I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance. Of course it has. There is no valid argument for denial.
There's a small worm called Loa Loa Filariasis. This parasite can survive in one environment exclusively- namely, underneath the skin and inside the eyes of human beings. Children and the elderly in tropical regions (usually the poorest) are the most widely affected. A painful, slow death is virtually certain. The worm can actually live in the host for 17 years before the host finally dies.
The fundamental issue is the moral issue.
It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That's why I never do commercials. If I started saying that margarine was the same as motherhood, people would think I was a liar.
When the ocean surges, don't let me just hear it. Let it splash inside my chest!
In all the co-temporary discussions and comments, which the Constitution underwent, it was constantly justified and recommended on the ground, that the powers not given to the government, were withheld from it.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public nature.
Contemporary industrial society is now characterised more than ever by "the need for stupefying work where it is no longer a real necessity."
The trouble with righting some wrongs is that it makes the remaining ones seem even more unbearable.
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