We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.

When I was a child, the African forest sounded like a dream to me, because it was full of animals and it was wild.

Chimps are far too much human to be my favorite animal.

I am obstinate and I will not give in.

Chimpanzees can be quite political.

There are good mothers and bad ones, but most of them are somewhere in-between.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.