Scientist Quotes 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…

— Jane Goodall

What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Jane Goodall

Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.

— 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…

— 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…

— Jane Goodall

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

— Jane Goodall

Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.

— 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…

— Jane Goodall

Having respect for animals makes us better humans..

— Jane Goodall

If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.

— 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…

— Jane Goodall