I wasn't trying to be a scientist. I only ever wanted to be a naturalist, like a David Attenborough. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Researchers find it very necessary to keep blinkers on. They don't want to admit that the animals they are working with have… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want to explain this… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I started as - well, I wanted to be Poet Laureate. And I wanted to be a naturalist. That's how I began.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Women tend to be more intuitive, or to admit to being intuitive, and maybe the hard science approach isn't so attractive. The… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
there have been too many events in my life, and in the lives of my friends, which have defied any kind of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Researchers find it very necessary to keep blinkers on. They don't want to admit that the animals they are working with have… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There are an awful lot of scientists today who believe that before very long we shall have unraveled all the secrets of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
A book came out recently written by scientists and environmentalists that made me so angry. It said the only thing we have… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
You're thinking about putting scientists into small cages and doing research on them. I wish it could happen sometimes. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Science demands objective factual evidence - proof; spiritual experience is subjective and leads to faith. — 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
Louis [Leakey] was anxious to initiate a scientific study of these chimpanzees. It would be difficult, he emphasized, for nothing was known;… — 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
If you look into their [chimpanzees] eyes, you know you're looking into a thinking mind. They teach us that we are not… — 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
![“Louis [Leakey] was anxious to initiate a scientific study of these chimpanzees. It would be difficult, he emphasized, for nothing was known; there were no guidelines for such a field study; and the habitat was remote and rugged. Dangerous wild animals would be living there, and chimpanzees…” quote by Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/80b/jane-goodall-950_animal_louis-leakey-was-anxious-to-initiate-a-s_2693435.jpg)
![“If you look into their [chimpanzees] eyes, you know you're looking into a thinking mind. They teach us that we are not the only beings with personalities, minds capable of rational thought, altruism and a sense of humor. That leads to new respect for other animals, respect for the environment and…” quote by Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/14e/jane-goodall-950_altruism_if-you-look-into-their-chimpanzees-eyes_3215215.jpg)
