Vegan Quotes - Page 22

• Collectively the media; the meat, oil, and dairy industries; most prominent chefs and cookbook authors; and our own government are not presenting accurate advice about the healthiest way to eat.

  Caldwell Esselstyn

  Government, Media, Oil

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• Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it's better for my health and for the environment.

  Moby

  Animal, Suffering, Want

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• Humans are the only hunters who kill when not hungry.

  Steven Spielberg

  Hunters, Vegetarian, Hungry

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• Initially, my decision to stop eating meat was motivated by fear of spiritual consequences, but right away I found that not eating meat made me feel good about myself. It increased my self-esteem, which I found so rewarding, I wanted to do more.

  Steve-O

  Spiritual, Self Esteem, Feel Good

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you and I become vegans, the global consequences aren't going to be that much. But if we can get a few hundred million people to become a little more aware and cut back on their animal consumption, the consequences will be great.

  Moby

  Cutting, Animal, People

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• Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants.

  Moby

  Cities, Friendly, Towns

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• I make a vegan baked ziti. And even though that doesn't sound enjoyable, it really is.

  Lea Michele

  Sound, Enjoyable

  "Lea Michele: Little Miss Big-Time". Interview With Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. August 30, 2010.

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• In some roles I have to wear fur, and I always make sure it's fake, like in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Faux fur is great because it shows people that faux can look fabulous.

  Kristen Johnston

  People, Fake, Spy

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• I'm not a true vegan.

  Anthony Kiedis

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• It's a long journey - the change can only be measured in increments of five years at a time. For every two steps forward, there is one step back. Don't let that discourage you, because you can play a big part in ensuring that measurable change takes place in the coming decade.

  Jack Norris

  Journey, Years, Play

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• Leandros's favorite place had turned out not to be vegetarian, but vegan, which was for people who preferred their suicide slow.

  Rob Thurman

  Suicide, People, Favorite Places

  Rob Thurman (2011). “Blackout: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.63, Penguin

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• I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health, a vegan diet was the best decision.

  Davey Havok

  Animal, Compassion, Vegetarianism

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of blood at the Lord's Supper.

  Richard Wagner

  Jesus, Wine, Animal

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• I do it because I love animals and I saw the reality. And I just couldn't ignore it anymore. I'm healthier for it, I'm happier for it. I can't imagine that if you're putting something in your body that is filled with fear or anxiety or pain, that that isn't somehow going to be inside of you.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Pain, Animal, Reality

  "Don’t Bring Home The Bacon: Bold New Ingredients, Including Legume Pulses, Helping Heat Up The Meatless Bacon Category" by Stacey Chillemi, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 1, 2016.

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• We are vegans not simply because being vegan will reduce suffering. We are vegan because every sentient being values her or his life even if no one else does. We are vegan because justice minimally requires that we not take life for trivial purposes.

  Gary L. Francione

  Justice, Suffering, Doe

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• People feel poorly because they are nourished by foods you wouldn't feed to your dog and cat. The rich western diet is full of fat, sugar, cholesterol, salt, animal protein - all the wrong foods for people.

  John A. McDougall

  Dog, Cat, Animal

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• Food is really and truly the most effective medicine.

  Joel Fuhrman

  Medicine

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• Remember that not everyone is as strong as you are. Be mindful of human weakness, and of the fact that it may be more important, in the long run, to get many people taking steps in the right direction than to have fewer achieving the ideal.

  Peter Singer

  Running, Strong, Long

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• I would encourage them never to forget that they were not always vegans. The self-righteousness of the recently converted hurts, it does not help, other animals.

  Tom Regan

  Hurt, Animal, Helping Others

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• Being vegan is not always easy and accessible. But it's a way of life and makes me as a person feel really good and physically look better.

  Olivia Wilde

  Looks, Way, Easy

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• When a man of normal habits is ill, everyone hastens to assure him that he is going to recover. When a vegetarian is ill (which fortunately very seldom happens), everyone assures him that he is going to die, and that they told him so, and that it serves him right. They implore him to take at least a little gravy, so as to give himself a chance of lasting out the night

  George Bernard Shaw

  Night, Men, Giving

  George Bernard Shaw (1977). “The Portable Bernard Shaw”, Viking Adult

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• I am a firm believer in eating a full plant-based, whole food diet that can expand your life length and make you an all-around happier person. It is tricky dining out, but I just stick to what I know - veggies, fruit and salad - then when I get home I'll have something else.

  Ariana Grande

  Home, Dining, Salad

  "Ariana Grande: 'I love animals more than I love most people, not kidding'". Interview with Lyndsey Gilmour, www.mirror.co.uk. December 5, 2014.

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• I'm a vegan. I respect the environment, and I do my best to spread the importance of such an issue.

  Jared Leto

  Issues, Truthful, Environment

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• Animals on factory farms all face pain and fear, just like the animals we share our homes with, yet are repeatedly abused in shocking ways.

  Peter Dinklage

  Pain, Home, Animal

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• It's always better to feed your enemies than to fight with them.

  John Robbins

  Fighting, Enemy

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