When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.

We set up the promised clinic for the sick and wounded Masai.

South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century.

I put a bullet into the back of the crocodiles neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.

Stone tools are fossilized human behavior.

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

Olduvai Gorge gives us one of the most remarkable stories of the past-the last chapter of the Earth's history, starting at the present day, right away back 2 million years.

The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.

Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.

Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.

The fewer the words, the better you’re heard!

For the most part things never get built the way they were drawn.

Fog and hypocrisy - that is to say, shadow, convention, decency - these were the very things that lent to London its poetry and romance.

It is people who pause to appreciate life and give thanks who are happiest. If we change our thoughts, we change our world! Love and peace to you all.

Conservation is not merely a question of morality, but a question of our own survival.

What you are looking for is what you are looking with.

I didn't know many classes where I could try and relate the thing that I really loved and wanted to do into an intellectual idea.

The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.

I will never be yours, and you will never be mine; nevertheless, I can honestly say: I love you, I love you, I love you.

I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial!