I didn't want to become a professor or get tenure or teach or anything. All I wanted to do was get a degree because Louis Leakey said I needed one, which was right, and once I succeeded I could get back to the field. Jane Goodall backdegreefield share on social
When you meet chimps you meet individual personalities. When a baby chimp looks at you it's just like a human baby. We have a responsibility to them. Jane Goodall babychimphuman Change image and share on social
It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of primitive human warfare. Jane Goodall appallbehaviorcapable Change image and share on social
My mother always used to say, 'Well, if you had been born a little girl growing up in Egypt, you would go to church or go to worship Allah, but surely if those people are worshipping a God, it must be the same God' - that's what she always said. The same God with different names. Jane Goodall allahbearchurch share on social
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 not of a carnivore, but of an herbivore. Herbivore guts are very long because they have to get the last bit of nutrition out of leaves and things. Jane Goodall bitebookcarnivore share on social
What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. Jane Goodall abilityconsequencehuman Change image and share on social
I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active. Jane Goodall activehopeimportant Change image and share on social
I've watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it's because they tend to believe all the hype that's out there. I don't think there's that much hype about me. Jane Goodall changecompletelyfamous Change image and share on social
Chimps are very quick to have a sudden fight or aggressive episode, but they're equally as good at reconciliation. Jane Goodall aggressivechimpepisode Change image and share on social
The chimpanzee study was - well, it's still going on, and I think it's taught us perhaps more than anything else to be a little humble; that we are, indeed, unique primates, we humans, but we're simply not as different from the rest of the animal kingdom as we used to think. Jane Goodall animalchimpanzeehuman share on social