Vegetarian Quotes - Page 5

• Animals can't really voice their opinion. We feel as though we can be on of the spokespeople on their behalf.

  River Phoenix

  Animal, Voice, Opinion

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• Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.

  Martin Shaw

  Mean, Advice, Killing

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• Thousands of people who say they "love" animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terror of the abattoirs...

  Jane Goodall

  Inspiring, Animal, Vegetarianism

  "The Ten Trusts". Book by Jane Goodall, ‎Marc Bekoff, 2003.

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• I can't think of anything better in the world to be but a vegan.

  Alicia Silverstone

  Thinking, Vegetarian Diet, Vegetarianism

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• We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

  Rachel Carson

  Life, Peace, Heart

  Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson (1972). “The house of life: Rachel Carson at work”

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• Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, Friendship, Sarcastic

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.126, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer

  Benjamin Spock

  Children, Growing Up, Cancer

  Benjamin Spock, Steven Parker (1998). “Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care”, E P Dutton

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• We are the living graves of murdered beasts.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Animal, Vegetarian Diet, Vegetarianism

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• The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other species. We think we're so much better; I'm not sure we are. I tell people, We've beaten into submission every animal on the face of the Earth, so we are the clear winners of whatever battle is going on between the species. Couldn't we be generous? I really do think it's time to get nice. No need to keep beating up on them. I think we've got to show that we're kind.

  Paul McCartney

  Nice, Animal, Thinking

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• We always had dogs,so I understood all the joy and the love animals are capable of giving. It's crazy to me that some people have dogs in thier homes, but they treat them more like furniture.

  Alicia Silverstone

  Dog, Crazy, Home

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• I've been a vegetarian for a while now and I try to give my body plenty of what it craves.

  Stephanie Ellis

  Giving, Trying, Body

  "Stephanie Ellis on being vegetarian, human trafficking, and taking ownership of your life". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm a big health-food freak and a vegetarian devotee.

  Chelsea Clinton

  Funny Inspirational, Vegan Food, Freak

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

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• I grew up in cattle country-that's why I became a vegetarian. Meat stinks, for the animals, the environment, and your health.

  K. D. Lang

  Country, Animal, Meat

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• Nutrition has always played a huge role in my life. I became a vegetarian when I was 13 and then got my entire family to become vegetarians. And I have always been active my whole life. I genuinely enjoy sports and I spend time on my total gym.

  Christie Brinkley

  Sports, Roles, Nutrition

  "Christie Brinkley Is 'Energized' About 2009". Interview with Jennifer Garcia, people.com. January 18, 2009.

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.453, Princeton University Press

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• McDonald's announced that it's considering a more humane way of slaughtering its animals. You know they fatten them up and then kill them. You know the same thing they do to their customers, isn't it?

  Jay Leno

  Food, Animal, Humane Way

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• A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is a bad as an act of cruelty to a human being.

  Muhammad

  Animal, Deeds Done, Vegan

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• Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better.

  Nicholas Stern

  Vegetarian Diet, Water, Meat

  "Vegetarian diet is better for the planet, says Lord Stern" by David Batty, David Adam, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2009.

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• Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.

  Franz Kafka

  Animal, Compassion, Vegetarianism

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• The best thing you can do for the planet is be vegan or vegetarian.

  William McNamara

  Vegan, Planets, Best Things

  "Animal Activist and Star of Copycat William McNamara: On Killing Dolphins and Eating Sushi". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Time, Men, Compassion

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• A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Spiritual, Food, Men

  "George Bernard Shaw: His Life and Personality". Book by Hesketh Pearson, 1942.

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• When I was poor living in a garage in Kansas I began to draw the mice that scampered over my desk. That is how Mickey Mouse was born.

  Walt Disney

  Kansas, Vegan, Poor

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• It occurred to me that I just didn't see how I could go ahead and continue to eat meat. It just seemed so... cannibalistic to me. And so, I'm a vegetarian, and I have been ever since.

  Alice Paul

  Meat, Has Beens

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