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“It is only by softening and disguising, dead flesh by culinary preparation, that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion; and that the sight of its bloody juices and raw horror, does not excite intolerable loathing and disgust. Let the advocate of animal food, force himself to a decisive experiment on its fitness, and as Plutarch recommends, tear a living lamb with his teeth, and plunging his head into its vitals, slake his thirst with the steaming blood; when fresh from the deed ofhorror let him revert to the irresistible instincts of nature that would rise in judgment against it, and say, Nature formed me for such work as this. Then, and then only, would he be consistent.” - Percy Bysshe Shelley, A Vindication of Natural Diet, 1813 - View Quote Details on “It is only by softening and disguising, dead flesh by…
“I’m 44 years old. My oldest son is 20 years old. Most people who don’t know us think I’m his girlfriend or sister rather than his mom. How’s that for motivation!” – Lisa Koehn, in www.veganbodybuilding.com - View Quote Details on “I’m 44 years old. My oldest son is 20 years…
“I hope that al those who eat animals and yet consider themselves to be living religious lives will read [Diet for Transcendence], and that it will lead them to see that the exploitation of animals is incompatible with any religion which professes compassion.” - Peter Singer - View Quote Details on “I hope that al those who eat animals and yet…
“It is not my purpose here to discuss the question of vegetarianism, or to meet the objections that may be urged against it; though it must be admitted that of these objections not one can withstand a loyal and scrupulous inquiry. I, for my part, can affirm that those whom I have known to submit themselves to this regimen have found its result to be improved or restored health, marked addition of strength, and the acquisition by the mind of a clearness, brightness, well-being, such as might follow the release from some secular, loathsome, detestable dungeon.” - Maurice Maeterlinck, on The Buried Temple (le Temple Enseveli), III - The kingdoom of Matter, 5 - View Quote Details on “It is not my purpose here to discuss the question…
“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 - View Quote Details on “Nothing can be more shocking and horrid than one of…
“I look my age; and I am my age. It is the other people who look older than they are. What can you expect from people who eat corpses and drink spirits?” – George Bernard Shaw, in a conversation with him Archibald Henderson in 1924 - View Quote Details on “I look my age; and I am my age. It…
“It may take a while, but there will probably come a time when we look back and say, ‘Good Lord, do you believe that in the 20th century and early part of the 21st, people were still eating animals?’.” – Mary Tyler Moore - View Quote Details on “It may take a while, but there will probably come…
“Poor little innocent creatures, if you were reasoning beings and could speak, how you would curse us! For we are the cause of your death, and what have you done to deserve it?” – Saint Richard of Wyche, quoted by Dr. Holly Roberts in Vegetarian Christian Saints, p. 191 - View Quote Details on “Poor little innocent creatures, if you were reasoning beings and…
“Even if man were created a carnivorous animal, is there no way for him to outgrow it as he becomes more intelligent?” - Ha’nish Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha’nish, Mazdaznan Dietetics and Cookery Book, 1913, p. 197 - View Quote Details on “Even if man were created a carnivorous animal, is there…
“No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity, No member of the animal kingdom ever did a thing to me, Its why I don’t eat red meat or white fish, Don’t give me no blue cheese, Were all members of the animal kingdom, Leave your brothers and sisters in the sea.” – Prince, Animal Kingdom lyrics, from The Truth album - View Quote Details on “No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity, No…