Top 30 National Geographic Quotes

I grew up in the ‘hood around prostitutes, drug dealers, killers, and gangbangers, but I also grew up juxtaposed: On the doorknob outside of our apartment, there was blood from some guy who got shot; but inside, there was National Geographic magazines and encyclopedias and a little library bookshelf situation.

I have a stunt double; his name is Glen Levy, and he has the hardest punch in the world. Seriously, it’s actually been recorded by ‘National Geographic.’ He calls it the Hammer Fist.

I have a stunt double. His name is Glen Levy, and he has the hardest punch in the world. Seriously – it’s actually been recorded by National Geographic. He calls it the Hammer Fist. And he’s my stunt double! He makes me look awesome.

America has this understanding of Africans that plays like National Geographic: a bunch of Negroes with loincloths running around the plain fields of Africa chasing gazelles.

It’s both Indiana Jones and ‘National Geographic’ that inspired me to be an Egyptologist.

National Geographic has awesome stuff. I like Court TV. Sometimes I’ll watch Reality Mix because they have some interesting stuff on that.

My best sources are my travels and my collection of National Geographic.

I like learning new stuff, also, and I can sit there and watch shows on National Geographic and the Discovery Channel or stuff like that and learn something new. I think once you’ve gone through such a long stage of learning one thing, you’re not as well-rounded as you’d like to be.

I subscribe to ‘National Geographic,’ ‘Scientific American,’ ‘Discover,’ and a slew of other magazines. And it is while reading articles for pleasure and interest that an interesting ‘What if?’ will pop into my head.

When I was a teenager, I thought maybe I’ll be a filmmaker, making film documentaries. My dream when I was a girl was I would be hired by ‘National Geographic’ or work with David Attenborough, but it didn’t happen. I became a model.

I had an insanely long commute – New York to D.C. – when I worked at ‘National Geographic.’ I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn’t until later that I realized that I was writing a book.

We always had National Geographic and Astronomy magazines and Popular Mechanics lying around the house. I got interested in exploration and different parts of the world and different parts of the universe just from seeing those things around the house and the different discussions we had as a family.

I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for ‘National Geographic,’ and they gave us a lot of film.

When I first went to ‘National Geographic,’ I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.

I’m a big fan of ‘National Geographic’, the magazine and the channel. Anything to do with the natural world. For years, when I was younger, I was convinced I would be a nature photographer, but that didn’t pan out.

As a photographer, I don’t really have a view of the world in general. Someone taking pictures for ‘National Geographic’ might. Each of us works to our full capacity when we’re in the midst of a shoot. Each of us finds our own level of intensity, and that’s the fun of it.

Americans don’t want immigration. They don’t want any more. Why can’t we have a home? You see on ‘National Geographic,’ ‘Oh, the indigenous people, they have a home.’ Everyone else can have a home. We are the only people on Earth not allowed to have a home.

I grew up looking at National Geographic. I always wondered who was taking the photos and how.

In 2007, I received a National Geographic Expeditions Council grant to go around the top of the world and talk to Arctic people about how they’ve been impacted by climate change.

It’s not my vision when I cover a woman’s face with a chador. I got the idea from a ‘National Geographic’ photo. I’m just showing their plight in the world.

I love weird science. I learned in an article in ‘National Geographic’ that there are trillions of bacteria in our guts that help us digest food. These are non-human creatures.

I love watching the National Geographic channel. That show ‘Taboo’? I love it!

I don’t watch TV dramas. I watch ESPN, HBO boxing, National Geographic Channel and I kind of like to get some DVDs, movies that I haven’t seen and I just pop them in.

I do watch some TV. I like the History Channel and National Geographic, and old shows on TV Land like ‘Sanford and Son,’ ‘The Jeffersons,’ and ‘Benson.’

I only watch National Geographic Channel, and also I have the app on my phone. I’m into astronomy and love to learn about new facts.

My background is in broadcast television – I used to be a travel host for BBC, Discovery, and National Geographic.

I read everything from comics to magazines to fiction – I learned to read in English, years before being able to speak a word of it, by reading ‘National Geographic.’

I watch a lot of ‘National Geographic.’

I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.

I feel like Africans are too often portrayed as people on the National Geographic channel: the image is of an African man in a loincloth chasing a gazelle. It’s not intentionally racist; I wouldn’t call it racist at all. It’s a lack of understanding another culture.