Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them h….

Every individual can make a difference every day by making conscious choices..

I had this wonderful, supportive mother who didn't get mad because of all the earth mucking up my bed. She just said they'd die - they needed the ear….

If harsher laws are put in place, less will dare to break them..

Every single day, we could be in a motorcar accident, so, we have to carry on with our lives, and not imagine terror around every corner..

Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans probably ate some meat, it was unlikely to have played a major role in their diet. P….

I don't think anybody has the right to a huge family. There's already more people on the planet than our natural resources can even support, and if e….

The most important thing is to actually think about what you do. To become aware and actually think about the effect of what you do on the environmen….

Thousands of people who say they "love" animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everyt….

There are an awful lot of scientists today who believe that before very long we shall have unraveled all the secrets of the universe. There will be n….

I had never been able to believe that God would give us poor frail humans only one chance at making it -- that we would be assigned to some kind of h….

If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spirit….

Women tend to be more intuitive, or to admit to being intuitive, and maybe the hard science approach isn't so attractive. The way that science is tau….

I think I'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 no….

Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan..

We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think..

You have to really care about what you say. And if you don't, it will never come out quite right, unless you go into acting, in which case you have t….

I wasn't trying to be a scientist. I only ever wanted to be a naturalist, like a David Attenborough..

I have never had an animal that didn't have a personality, one differing from another..

Nothing is more precious than your baby..

Chimps act the way they feel unless they are afraid of reprisal if they do so. But that doesn't apply to humans..