Animals Quotes by Jane Goodall

Animals have personalities and minds and emotions.

— Jane Goodall

Of course animals have a personality and emotions.

— Jane Goodall

I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle.

— Jane Goodall

Having respect for animals makes us better humans..

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My favorite animals are dogs.

— Jane Goodall

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior.

— Jane Goodall

Chimps are far too much human to be my favorite animal.

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I have never had an animal that didn't have a personality, one differing from another.

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I don't even think of chimps as animals. I think of them as beings.

— Jane Goodall

We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was "just human".

— Jane Goodall

Some people actually do not like animals - hard for me to understand, but true.

— Jane Goodall

I cannot remember a time when I did not want to go to Africa to study animals.

— Jane Goodall

I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.

— Jane Goodall

There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and…

— Jane Goodall

I believe that we have more capability than any other creature to control our biological inheritance - and we do so most…

— Jane Goodall

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.

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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

You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well…

— Jane Goodall

It made me feel particularly sickened to know that this kind of callous attitude toward animals is repeated again and again in…

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There is a lot of corruption all over the world and not only when it comes to illegal wildlife trade! There are…

— Jane Goodall

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

People say, "Oh, we ought to fight for animal rights." We fought for human rights, but even if humans have rights, they…

— Jane Goodall

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

Farm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are…

— Jane Goodall

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

We are beginning to learn that each animal has a life and a place and a role in this world. If we…

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I was brought up to understand Darwin's theory of evolution. I spent hours and hours in the Natural History Museum in London…

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I got my love of animals from the Dr. Doolittle books and my love of Africa from the Tarzan novels. I remember…

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Thousands of people who say they love animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who…

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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

Farm animals feel pleasure and sadness, excitement and resentment, depression, fear, and pain. They are far more aware and intelligent than we…

— Jane Goodall

Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced…

— Jane Goodall

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

Animals are as deserving of a place on this planet as we are, and the difference between us is that humans have…

— Jane Goodall

I always loved animals. And when I was ten, I decided I had to go to Africa and live with animals and…

— Jane Goodall

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

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