The problem of the chimps is that they can only sit and look. They can't discuss what they feel. All that feeling is trapped within each one.
Jane GoodallChimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a very blurry line, and it's getting more blurry all the time.
Jane GoodallIf you consciously say 'I won't do it!' to yourself, then you have a good chance that you won't.
Jane GoodallIf we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
Jane GoodallChimpanzees are incredibly intelligent. They can learn more than 400 signs of American Sign Language. They have memories for spatial distribution, like numbers on a TV screen, way better than ours. You come onto the emotions: happiness, sadness, fear, and despair - all the things for which I was accused of being anthropomorphic when I ascribed them to chimpanzees.
Jane Goodall