Jane Goodall

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

— Jane Goodall

Nothing is more precious than your baby.

— Jane Goodall

I want to change awareness.

— Jane Goodall

Become as knowledgeable as possible.

— Jane Goodall

Lasting change is a series of compromises.

— Jane Goodall

“Without patience I could never have succeeded.”

— Jane Goodall

My favorite animals are dogs.

— Jane Goodall

Chimpanzees can be quite political.

— Jane Goodall

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.

— Jane Goodall

Cumulatively small decisions, choices, actions, make a very big difference.

— Jane Goodall

However much you know giraffes, to see one in the wild for the first time feels prehistoric.

— Jane Goodall

Other people have talked about chimpanzees being a window into the past, which I suppose is true, in a way.

— Jane Goodall

I cannot remember a time when I did not want to go to Africa to study animals.

— Jane Goodall

You have to realise that touching is a real violation of personal space.

— Jane Goodall

I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.

— Jane Goodall

Chimps are far too much human to be my favorite animal.

— Jane Goodall

That's what keeps me going. Everywhere I go there are young people with shining eyes wanting to tell me, "Dr. Jane, we're…

— Jane Goodall

Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for…

— Jane Goodall

It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain…

— Jane Goodall

A good mother is protective but not over-protective. She's patient, she's affectionate, she's playful, but above all she is supportive.

— Jane Goodall

On the day-long follows that I used to do with mothers and their offspring - these chimp families that I knew so…

— Jane Goodall

A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is…

— Jane Goodall

Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to…

— Jane Goodall

Here we are, arguably the most intelligent being that's ever walked planet Earth, with this extraordinary brain ... and yet we're destroying…

— Jane Goodall

I never wanted to give up. I thought I might have to. Especially at the beginning when chimpanzees had never seen a…

— Jane Goodall

Without the support of local people, you might as well give up because you can make all the noise you like, you…

— Jane Goodall

We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts. We can and we…

— Jane Goodall

When you meet these outstanding leaders who have been through a programme that empowers them to take positive action, to make things…

— Jane Goodall

For those who have experienced the joy of being alone with nature there is really little need for me to say much…

— Jane Goodall

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

I had never been able to believe that God would give us poor frail humans only one chance at making it --…

— Jane Goodall

Language allows us to talk about the past and plan the future. We can teach children about things that are not present.…

— Jane Goodall

So long as we continued to attach more importance to our own narrow group membership than to the 'global village' we would…

— Jane Goodall

We started off with physical evolution and got our form. Then we somehow developed language, which meant cultural evolution could race so…

— Jane Goodall

Cultural speciation had been crippling to human moral and spiritual growth. It had hindered freedom of thought, limited our thinking, imprisoned us…

— Jane Goodall

“There are really only two ways, it seems to me, in which we can think about our existence here on earth. We…

— Jane Goodall

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

“I became totally absorbed into this forest existence. It was an unparalleled period when aloneness was a way of life; a perfect…

— Jane Goodall

Louis [Leakey] was anxious to initiate a scientific study of these chimpanzees. It would be difficult, he emphasized, for nothing was known;…

— Jane Goodall

“And if we dare to look into those eyes, then we shall feel their suffering in our hearts. More and more people…

— Jane Goodall