We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was "just human". — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I cannot remember a time when I did not want to go to Africa to study animals. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Some people actually do not like animals - hard for me to understand, but true. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I have never had an animal that didn't have a personality, one differing from another. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
When I began in 1960, individuality wasn't an accepted thing to look for; it was about species-specific behaviour. But animal behaviour is… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Animals are as deserving of a place on this planet as we are, and the difference between us is that humans have… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I always loved animals. And when I was ten, I decided I had to go to Africa and live with animals and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Farm animals feel pleasure and sadness, excitement and resentment, depression, fear, and pain. They are far more aware and intelligent than we… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There are many animal-welfare groups that sometimes seem to forget that human beings are animals too, that we need to include them… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I was brought up to understand Darwin's theory of evolution. I spent hours and hours in the Natural History Museum in London… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Just remember--if you are really and truly determined to work with animals, somehow, either now or later, you will find a way… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We are beginning to learn that each animal has a life and a place and a role in this world. If we… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Thousands of people who say they love animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I got my love of animals from the Dr. Doolittle books and my love of Africa from the Tarzan novels. I remember… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
People say, "Oh, we ought to fight for animal rights." We fought for human rights, but even if humans have rights, they… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Farm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Most Africans don't get to see these wild animals at all. Once they see and learn about them, they are much more… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. All the time, we find animals doing things… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I believe that we have more capability than any other creature to control our biological inheritance - and we do so most… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There is a lot of corruption all over the world and not only when it comes to illegal wildlife trade! There are… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
It made me feel particularly sickened to know that this kind of callous attitude toward animals is repeated again and again in… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. — Jane Goodall Copy Share
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutan shave been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
We are always talking about how we can get more environmental and humanitarian education. It is about listening to the voice of young people… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
We started off with physical evolution and got our form. Then we somehow developed language, which meant cultural evolution could race so we could… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. — Jane Goodall Copy Share
It's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
“We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction. If only we can overcome cruelty, to human… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
