“I can no more explain why I like "natural history" than why I like California canned peaches; nor why I do not care for that enormous brand of natural history which deals with invertebrates any more than why I do not care for brandied peaches. All I can say is that almost as soon as I began to read at all I began to like to read about the natural history of beasts and birds and the more formidable or interesting reptiles and fishes.” I CanCareNaturalAnimalInterestingDealsBirdFishesEnormousBrandsCaliforniaBeastFormidablePeachesNatural HistoryReptilesInvertebrates Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia
“The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, so you get glimpses of a non-human world, and that is a transporting thing.” WorldTryingHumansFilmProcessNaturalAnimalKnowingGlimpseNatural History Author:David Attenborough
“My father... never required me to study anything, but he knew how to inspire in me a great desire for knowledge. Before learning to read, my greatest pleasure was to listen to passages from Buffon's natural history. I constantly requested him to read me the history of animals and birds.” DesireFatherNaturalPleasureAnimalStudyInspireBirdPassagesNatural HistoryGreatest PleasuresLearning To ReadDesire For KnowledgeBuffon Author:Andre-Marie Ampere