You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about.
Interpretation
Being on television can give the impression of expertise, which may not always be true.
David Attenborough's quote humorously reflects the paradox of television appearances, where the medium often creates an illusion of authority and knowledge. He suggests that despite being seen as an expert simply for being on screen, the reality is more complex, and public perception can be misleading.
In practice
In a comedy sketch about the media's portrayal of experts.
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.
I've actually gone to the zoo and had monkeys shout to me from their cages, "I'm in here when you're walking around like that?"
The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.
I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler; I don't like beer.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
Life is too short to be taken seriously.
Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
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