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> [Researchers find it very necessary to keep blinkers on. They don't want to admit that the animals they are working with have feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/researchers-find-it-very-necessary-to-keep-blinkers-on-they-don-t/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

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> [Researchers find it very necessary to keep blinkers on. They don't want to admit that the animals they are working with have feelings. They don't want to admit that they might have minds and personalities because that would make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/researchers-find-it-very-necessary-to-keep-blinkers-on-they-don-t-2/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

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## More by Jane Goodall

> [The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/the-voice-of-the-natural-world-would-be-could-you-please-give-us/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/what-makes-us-human-i-think-is-an-ability-to-ask-questions-a/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/chimpanzees-gorillas-orangutan-shave-been-living-for-hundreds-of/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/i-did-this-book-harvest-for-hope-and-i-learned-so-much-about-food-and/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/from-my-perspective-i-absolutely-believe-in-a-greater-spiritual-power/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [We are always talking about how we can get more environmental and humanitarian education. It is about listening to the voice of young people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/we-are-always-talking-about-how-we-can-get-more-environmental-and/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/some-humans-are-mathematicians-others-aren-t/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [We started off with physical evolution and got our form. Then we somehow developed language, which meant cultural evolution could race so we could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/we-started-off-with-physical-evolution-and-got-our-form-then-we/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/it-was-both-fascinating-and-appalling-to-learn-that-chimpanzees-were/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/i-wanted-to-talk-to-the-animals-like-dr-dolittle/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/some-people-say-therefore-that-violence-and-war-are-inevitable-i-say/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/it-s-been-proven-by-quite-a-few-studies-that-plants-are-good-for-our/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [Having respect for animals makes us better humans..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/having-respect-for-animals-makes-us-better-humans/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/if-we-kill-off-the-wild-then-we-are-killing-a-part-of-our-souls/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [“We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction. If only we can overcome cruelty, to human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/we-still-have-a-long-way-to-go-but-we-are-moving-in-the-right/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

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