We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
JANE GOODALLWe find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
JANE GOODALLThe least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
JANE GOODALLIf we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
JANE GOODALLPeace starts within.
JANE GOODALLThere is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
JANE GOODALLThe least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
JANE GOODALLI never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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 GOODALLWhat you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
JANE GOODALLWe can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.
JANE GOODALLI like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
JANE GOODALLChange happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
JANE GOODALLIt was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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 GOODALLEach one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.
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