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 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
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
When you meet these outstanding leaders who have been through a programme that empowers them to take positive action, to make things… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Our brain is almost the same as the chimps', but we have language, we have electronic communications, we've put people on the… — 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
My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No.… — 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… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people… — 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 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
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
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