Without the support of local people, you might as well give up because you can make all the noise you like, you… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
If a chimp who has been abused horribly by humans can help a human friend in a time of need, how much… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody has the right to a huge family. There's already more people on the planet than our natural resources… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We seem to have lost the wisdom of the indigenous people, which dictated that in any major decision, the first consideration was… — 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
People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don't. I feel that it's quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees… — 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
I feel a desperation to make people see what we are doing to the environment, what a mess we are making of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people,… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We could change the world tomorrow if all the millions of people around the world acted the way they believe. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest. I flew over it 13 years ago and realized… — 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
I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
It's not that humans and non-humans are identical... but the lack of understanding that led to the slave trade is the same… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Language allows us to talk about the past and plan the future. We can teach children about things that are not present.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
People don't believe that their actions really and truly are going to make a difference. But kids get it. They know. And… — 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 believe sharing stories and experiences is the best way to teach people to empathize! — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder how some people can live with themselves in some of the big companies today. So many far-reaching decisions are… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
My mother always used to say, 'Well, if you had been born a little girl growing up in Egypt, you would go… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I believe that the tragedy [like terror attack] that's caused so much grief and suffering to so many thousands and thousands of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I love to write - it is a great source of reflection, especially as I continue to meet many new inspiring people. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I get upset when so many people say there are all sorts of problems in Africa and India where they have these… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationists themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if… — 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 Image
What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image