Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes About Decisions

Quotes about: Decisions

• My wife and I have chosen to bring up our children as vegetarians. In another time or place, we might have made a different decision. But the realities of our present moment compelled us to
  make that choice.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Children, Reality, Wife

• Cher Marcel, Allô. I am Oskar's mom. I have thought about it a ton, and I have decided that it isn't obvious why Oskar should go to French lessons, so he will no longer be going to go see you on Sundays like he used to. I want to thank you very much for everything you have taught Oskar, particularly the conditional tense, which is weird. Obviously, there's no need to call me when Oskar doesn't come to his lessons, because I already know, because this was my decision. Also, I will keep sending you checks, because you are a nice guy. Votre ami dévouée, Mademoiselle Schell.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Mom, Nice, Sunday

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• We know, at least, that this decision (ending factory farming) will help prevent deforestation, curb global warming, reduce pollution, save oil reserves, lessen the burden on rural America, decrease human rights abuses, improve publish health, and help eliminate the most systematic animal abuse in history.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Animal, America, Rights

• It might sound naive to suggest that whether you order a chicken patty or a veggie burger is a profoundly important decision. Then again, it certainly would have sounded fantastic if in the 1950's you were told that where you sat in a restaurant or on a bus could begin to uproot racism.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Order, Racism, Decision

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2009.

• Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Play, Car, Decision

  "A New Way To Talk About Eating Animals". Interview with Jeff Glor, www.cbsnews.com. November 3, 2009.

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