We could change the world tomorrow if all the millions of people around the world acted the way they believe.

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

Whales, like elephants, are so social and intelligent. This hurts me to think of them being transported, put in noisy airplanes, and brought to a horrible concrete pen when they're supposed to be out in the sea.

We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavior of our own human species. . . . Environmental responsibility – for if there is no God, then, obviously, it is up to us to put things right.

I am obstinate and I will not give in.

There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and love, as well as pain!

The chimpanzees taught me a lot about nonverbal communication. The big difference between them and us is that they don't have spoken language. Everything else is almost the same: Kissing, embracing, swaggering, shaking the fist.