“Nothing can be more shocking and horrid than one of…

“Nothing can be more shocking and horrid than one of our kitchens sprinkled with blood, and abounding with the cries of expiring victims or with the limbs of dead animals scattered or hung up here and there.” -Alexandre Pope, The Guardian, May 21, 1713

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“I’m sure glad I had my bacon for breakfast.” - George W. Bush - View Quote Details on “I’m sure glad I had my bacon for breakfast.” -…
“For the last month I have been a strict vegetarian. The moral effects of this regime are immense, owing to the voluntary subjugation of the flesh and the resulting absence of desires. You will appreciate how full I am of this idea when I tell you that I expect it to work the regeneration of mankind. I advise you to change over to a natural way of life, with proper nourishment (wholemeal bread), and you will soon feel the benefit.” – Gustav Mahler, on a 1880 letter - View Quote Details on “For the last month I have been a strict vegetarian…
“Only by discarding a diet based on rotting corpses could men become sane..” – Jack Lindsay, Fanfrolico and After, 1962 - View Quote Details on “Only by discarding a diet based on rotting corpses could…
“The table was well spread with all manner of fruit, beans, greenstuff and good pies…but of flesh and fish there was never a sign.” – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, The Bridal Canopy - View Quote Details on “The table was well spread with all manner of fruit,…
” [Isaac Newton] thought it a very frightful inconsistency to believe that animals feel and at the same time to cause them to suffer. On this point his morality was in accord with is philosophy. […] This compassion, which he felt for no other animals, culminated in true charity for men. In truth, without humanity, a virtue which comprehends all virtues, the name of philosopher would be little deserved.” – Voltaire, Elements de la Philosophie de Newton - View Quote Details on ” [Isaac Newton] thought it a very frightful inconsistency to…
“If you could feel or see the suffering, you wouldn’t think twice. Give back life. Don’t eat meat.” – Kim Basinger - View Quote Details on “If you could feel or see the suffering, you wouldn’t…
“A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.[...] In other words, a kilogram of beef is responsible for the equivalent of the amount of CO2 emitted by the average European car every 250 kilometres, and burns enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for nearly 20 days.” - New Scientist magazine, 18 July 2007, page 15 - View Quote Details on “A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas…
“I believe my dear Master has been pleased to try my faith and obedience by teaching me that I ought no longer to partake of anything that had life.” - Joshua Evans - View Quote Details on “I believe my dear Master has been pleased to try…
“I am a very strict vegetarian….I just really, really love animals, and I act on my values.” – Natalie Portman - View Quote Details on “I am a very strict vegetarian….I just really, really love…
“As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” - Pythagoras - View Quote Details on “As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer…