Vegetarian Quotes

• When people ask me why I don't eat meat or any other animal products, I say, 'Because they are unhealthy and they are the product of a violent and inhumane industry.'

  Casey Affleck

  Animal, Vegetarianism, Meat Industry

  YouTube Channel "peta2TV"/"Casey Affleck's Banned 'Go Vegan' PSA", www.peta2.com. February 06, 2013.

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• You know, we all oppose animal cruelty. But sometimes we forget that animals on farms suffer and feel pain like all other animals. They, too, deserve to be protected from harm and cruelty.

  Charlotte Ross

  Pain, Animal, Suffering

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• I don't have any understanding of a human being who doesn't respect the beauty of life and that goes for all creatures that have thoughts, feelings and needs.

  Alicia Silverstone

  Respect, Animal, Feelings

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• Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind.

  Albert Einstein

  Destiny, Vegetarianism, World

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• Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Animal, Rights, Vegetarian Diet

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• I've always been an animal lover. People should be made aware of all the issues. Some people think that the whole wearing-fur thing is glamorous, but you can look good without it.

  Sadie Frost

  Animal, Thinking, Issues

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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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• 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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• The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

  Plato

  Philosophical, Animal, Tree

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• Being vegan helped me realize I can say and do what I believe is right. That's powerful.

  Alicia Silverstone

  Powerful, Believe, Vegan

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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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• 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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• If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

  Albert Einstein

  Zoos, Cat, Animal

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• Don't wait for a better world. Start now to create a world of harmony and peace. It is up to you, and it always has been. You may even find the solution at the end of your fork.

  Sharon Gannon

  Waiting, Up To You, World

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• A vegetarian driving a Hummer emits less carbon than a meat eater on a bicycle.

  Louie Psihoyos

  Meat, Driving, Carbon

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• The moral duty of man consists of imitating the moral goodness and beneficence of God, manifested in the creation towards all his creatures. Everything of persecution and revenge between man and man, and everything of cruelty to animals is a violation of moral duty

  Thomas Paine

  Revenge, Animal, Men

  Thomas Paine (2015). “The Thomas Paine Collection: Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, An Essay on Dream, Biblical Blasphemy, Examination Of The Prophecies”, p.246, Ravenio Books

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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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• 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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• 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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• I don't eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I've got more energy now.

  Shania Twain

  Eggs, Energy, Meat

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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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• I turned vegetarian after 9/11. A friend of mine came back from New York and said that he couldn't stand the smell of burnt flesh. It immediately reminded me of a barbecue.

  Alyssa Milano

  New York, Smell, Flesh

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

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• Cruelty to animals is an enormous injustice; so is expecting those on the lowest rung of the economic ladder to do the dangerous, soul-numbing work of slaughtering sentient beings on our behalf.

  Victoria Moran

  Animal, Soul, Ladders

  Victoria Moran, Adair Moran (2012). “Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World”, p.14, Penguin

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• If we suffer in the sufferings of others and feel happy in the happiness of others, we are loving God.

  Meher Baba

  Happiness, Suffering Of Others, Christianity

  Meher Baba (1977). “The Mastery of Consciousness: An Introduction and Guide to Practical Mysticism and Methods of Spiritual Development”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• The more red meat and blood we eat, the more bloodthirsty we get, the more violent we get. The more vegetarian food we eat, the more peace is taken into us.

  Ziggy Marley

  Taken, Blood, Meat

  PETA2 Intreview, www.peta2.com. July 20, 2011.

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