“The natural food of man, to judge from his structure,…

“The natural food of man, to judge from his structure, appears to consit principally of the fruits, roots, and other succulent parts of vegetables.” – Georges Cuvier, Le Régne Animal

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Other Vegetarianism Quotes

“Eating animals as food is not far away from athropophagy and cannibalism.” – Alexander von Humbold - View Quote Details on “Eating animals as food is not far away from athropophagy…
“It was a lot easier for me to lose the weight rather than putting it back on when I had to start shooting Spider-Man 2 because I’m a vegetarian, and it feels uncomfortable if you feel you’re eating too much.” – Toby McGuire - View Quote Details on “It was a lot easier for me to lose the…
“O wretched and unhappy Italy! Can you not see that gluttony murders every year more of your inhabitants than you could lose by the most cruel plague or by fire and sword in many battles?” - Luigi Cornaro, Discorsi della Vita Sobria - View Quote Details on “O wretched and unhappy Italy! Can you not see that…
“On both sides of the road, the forest has been cleared as far as the eye can see. For the most part, it has been cleared for cattle ranching. Today, there are over 8 million cattle in Brazilian Amazonia. Meat production is extremely inefficient (50 kg/hectare/year), making ranching an activity which is so wholly uneconomic that it would probably never have been undertaken on the present scale in the Brazilian Government, with aid from the World Bank and other multilateral development banks, had not poured $2 billion into subsidizing the cattle industry in Amazonia.” - N. Hildyard, Adios Amazonia? - View Quote Details on “On both sides of the road, the forest has been…
“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 - View Quote Details on “I don’t eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never…
“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” - Paul McCartney - View Quote Details on “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.”…
“I refuse to eat animals because I cannot nourish myself by the sufferings and by the death of other creatures. I refuse to do so, because I suffered so painfully myself that I can feel the pains of others by recalling my own sufferings.I feel happy, nobody persecutes me; why should I persecute other beings or cause them to be persecuted? I feel happy, I am no prisoner, I am free; why should I cause other creatures to be made prisoners and thrown into jail? I feel happy, nobody harms me; why should I harm other creatures or have them harmed? I feel happy, nobody wounds me; nobody kills me; why should I wound or kill other creatures or cause them to be wounded or killed for my pleasure and convenience?(…) I think that men will be killed and tortured as long as animals are killed and tortured. So long there will be wars too. Because killing must be trained and perfected on smaller objects, morally and technically.” - Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz, Animals, My Brethren (written in the Concentration Camp Dachau, in the midst of all kinds of cruelties) - View Quote Details on “I refuse to eat animals because I cannot nourish myself…
“Based on the fossil record one big spurt in hominid cranial capacity seems to have occurred with the appearance of Homo erectus approximately 1.75 million years ago, long before red meat could have been a regular part of hominid diets.” – Donna Hart and Robert W. Sussman, Man the Hunted, expanded edition, p. 256 - View Quote Details on “Based on the fossil record one big spurt in hominid…
“Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans probably ate some meat, it was unlikely to have played a major role in their diet. Plants would have been a much more important source of food.” – Dr. Jane Goodall, Harvest for Hope - View Quote Details on “Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans…
“Red meat is not bad for you. Now, blue-green meat–that’s bad for you!” - Tom Smothers - View Quote Details on “Red meat is not bad for you. Now, blue-green meat–that’s…