I still think we are smart enough to not destroy planet Earth, our only home. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
At some point, my body will collapse. But I hope that my brain will still be working so that I can carry… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Even when it comes to things like wars over oil, which may seem like a whole different ball game, there are still… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if… — 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
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
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
