Quotes by Jane Goodall

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A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is what I came — Jane Goodall
The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, — Jane Goodall
I do have hope. Nature is enormously resilient, humans are vastly intelligent, the energy and enthusiasm that can be kin — Jane Goodall
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. — Jane Goodall
In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How shou — Jane Goodall
But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphe — Jane Goodall
I don't have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when — Jane Goodall
One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun. — Jane Goodall
When I was young, I knew that, somehow, I would go to Africa and live with animals. And I wanted to write books about th — Jane Goodall
Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have? — Jane Goodall
I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want — Jane Goodall
I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active. — Jane Goodall
I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the guts n — Jane Goodall
I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, the — Jane Goodall
When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passi — Jane Goodall
I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a conferenc — Jane Goodall
I've watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it's because they tend to believe all t — Jane Goodall
Women tend to be more intuitive, or to admit to being intuitive, and maybe the hard science approach isn't so attractive — Jane Goodall
From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived — Jane Goodall
The part that always shocked me was the inter-community violence among the chimps: the patrols and the vicious attacks o — Jane Goodall