Jane Goodall Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• The tree I had in the garden as a child, my beech tree, I used to climb up there and spend hours. I took my homework up there, my books, I went up there if I was sad, and it just felt very good to be up there among the green leaves and the birds and the sky.

  Jane Goodall

  Children, Book, Garden

• 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 industry. Each individual who tries to make his or her own environment better is useless. I find this criminal, because then you have a billion people all saying, It doesn't matter what I do because I'm just one person. But if you turn that around and a billion people say, What I do does make a difference, then it will make a difference.

  Jane Goodall

  Women, Book, Differences

• People say to me so often, 'Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,' and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.

  Jane Goodall

  Nature, Book, People

• I always loved animals. And when I was ten, I decided I had to go to Africa and live with animals and write books about them.

  Jane Goodall

  Book, Writing, Animal

  "Dr Jane Goodall, primatologist". Interview with Lauren Barker, theweekendedition.com.au. June 5, 2014.

• As a child, we couldn't afford holidays overseas, so instead I travelled through books. I was inspired by Dr Dolittle and Tarzan.

  Jane Goodall

  Children, Book, Holiday

  "The lady and the chimps". Wanderlust Travel Magazine Interview, www.wanderlust.co.uk. April 10, 2009.

• The Soul of Money is an inspired and utterly fascinating book. It will change the way you think about money. ... It is a book for everyone who would like to make the world a better place.

  Jane Goodall

  Book, Thinking, Soul

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