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

The best relationship you can have with a chimpanzee is total mutual trust..

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

That's what keeps me going. Everywhere I go there are young people with shining eyes wanting to tell me, "Dr. Jane, we're going to make the world a b….

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….

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

If we could just stop building up armies and things like that, we would have all the money we need for wildlife and poverty..

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadne….

I 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..

My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully an….

A book came out recently written by scientists and environmentalists that made me so angry. It said the only thing we have to worry about is big indu….

Farm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are individual beings in….

Studying chimps, I came to the conclusion that being evil is something that only humans are capable of. A chimp would never plan to pull another's na….

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 into this world to do..

Chimpanzees are incredibly intelligent. They can learn more than 400 signs of American Sign Language. They have memories for spatial distribution, li….

Being evil is something that only humans are capable of..

Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive..

I never wanted to give up. I thought I might have to. Especially at the beginning when chimpanzees had never seen a white person before.They gave one….

I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with feeling gr….

If you look into their [chimpanzees] eyes, you know you're looking into a thinking mind. They teach us that we are not the only beings with personali….

The refugees flee to protect their families from violence; the Europeans, on the other hand, fear for their jobs that they need to feed their familie….