The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
JANE GOODALLThe least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
JANE GOODALLYou cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
JANE GOODALLHow can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
JANE GOODALLSomeday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
JANE GOODALLAnd so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
JANE GOODALLA sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.
JANE GOODALLAs thy days, so shall thy strength be.
JANE GOODALLPeace starts within.
JANE GOODALLSome people say, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. We’re not very good at it though, are we?
JANE GOODALLHe had instigated a detailed study of the limb bones and locomotor patterns of a number of modern antelopes; the functions of varying bone structures of their legs could then be ascertained. Then, from the structure of fossil antelope bones reconstructed their movements.
JANE GOODALLI’d like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.
JANE GOODALLI think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.
JANE GOODALLI never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
JANE GOODALLIt actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
JANE GOODALLAttacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
JANE GOODALLI love dogs, not chimps. Some chimps are nice, and some are horrid. I don’t actually think of them as animals any more than I think of us as animals, although both of us are.
JANE GOODALL