If plants could be credited with reasoning powers, we would marvel at the imaginative ways they bribe or ensnare other creatures to… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing to do is to be willing to listen, willing to care, and willing to admit mistakes… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The cheapest and most efficient way of slowing down global warming is to protect and restore the forests, particularly the tropical forests — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Other people have talked about chimpanzees being a window into the past, which I suppose is true, in a way. — 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
The chimps' way of aggression is quick and brutal. I compare them to gang attacks. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Chimps act the way they feel unless they are afraid of reprisal if they do so. But that doesn't apply to humans. — 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
You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is… — 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
I think my message to the politicians who have within their power the ability to make change is, 'Do you really, really… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Just remember--if you are really and truly determined to work with animals, somehow, either now or later, you will find a way… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
...it honestly didn't matter how we humans got to be the way we are, whether evolution or special creation was responsible. What… — 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… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Chimps are unbelievably like us - in biological, non-verbal ways. They can be loving and compassionate and yet they have a dark… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees are incredibly intelligent. They can learn more than 400 signs of American Sign Language. They have memories for spatial distribution, like… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
If everybody on the planet today had the same standard of living as the average European or American, we would need three… — 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… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There is a lot of corruption all over the world and not only when it comes to illegal wildlife trade! There are… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The Soul of Money is an inspired and utterly fascinating book. It will change the way you think about money. ... It… — 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
If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The only possible way to get somebody to change is to reach into their hearts. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Studying chimps, I came to the conclusion that being evil is something that only humans are capable of. A chimp would never… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I do not want to discuss evolution in such depth, however, only touch on it from my own perspective: from the moment… — 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
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
