“I don’t eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never…

“I don’t eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I’ve got more energy now. I eat a lot of tofu, and I drink soy shakes with fruit every morning. I always have soybeans, black beans, or chickpeas for lunch or dinner” – Shania Twain

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“There is no biological need for milk.” - Suzanne r. Havala, MS, RD - View Quote Details on “There is no biological need for milk.” - Suzanne r…
“Those who claim to care about the well-being of human beings and the preservation of our environment should become vegetarians for that reason alone. They would thereby increase the amount of grain available to feed people elsewhere, reduce pollution, save water and energy, and cease contributing to the clearing of forests. When nonvegetarians say that “human problems come first” I cannot help wondering what exactly it is that they are doing for human beings that compels them to continue to support the wasteful, ruthless exploitation of farm animals.” - Peter Singer, Animal Liberation - View Quote Details on “Those who claim to care about the well-being of human…
“I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on me – how could I discriminate between a cow and a fish?” - Carré Otis, Animal Times, Summer, 2007, p. 4 - View Quote Details on “I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on…
” My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state; that it is one of those curses cast upon man either by his fall, or by the obduracy of his own perversity.” - Alphonse de Lamartine, On Les confidences - View Quote Details on ” My mother was convinced, and on this head I…
“Do we have the right to rear animals in order to kill them so that we may feed appetites in which we have been artificially conditioned from childhood?” - Ashley Montagu - View Quote Details on “Do we have the right to rear animals in order…
“It is frightful wrong that other species are tortured, worried, flayed, and devored by us, in spite of the fact that we are not obliged to this by necessity; while in sinning against the defenceless and helpless, just claimants as they are upon our reasonable conscience and upon our compassion, we succeed only in brutalising ourselves.” – Georg Friedrich Daumer, quoted by Howard Williams in The Ethics of Diet - View Quote Details on “It is frightful wrong that other species are tortured, worried,…
“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.” - Henry David Thoreau, On Civil Disobedience - View Quote Details on “A man can live and be healthy without killing animals…
“I was raised on flesh, more flesh, still flesh, always flesh. When I started to use reason and organized my code of principles, I included vegetarianism in it; but it was too late to execute it.”– Machado de Assis, A Semana, 5 de Março de 1893 - View Quote Details on “I was raised on flesh, more flesh, still flesh, always…
“Thousands-millions and billions-of animals are killed for food. That is very sad. We human beings can live without meat, especially in our modern world. We have a great variety of vegetables and other supplementary foods, so we have the capacity and the responsibility to save billions of lives. I have seen many individuals and groups promoting animal rights and following a vegetarian diet. This is excellent.” – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Religious Vegetarianism from Hesiod to the Dalai Lama - View Quote Details on “Thousands-millions and billions-of animals are killed for food. That is…
“It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.” - Albert Einstein, letter to Vegetarian Watch-Tower, December 27, 1930 - View Quote Details on “It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living…