Many things made me become a vegetarian, among them, the higher food yield as a solution to world hunger - John Denver
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to - Mark Twain
Lots of people talk to animals, said Pooh. Not that many listen though. That's the problem - Benjamin Hoff - The Tao of Pooh
In the past white males like Singer and Tooley used to speak up greatly for the rights of women and minorities. Now fortunately women speak up for themselves and minorities speak up for themselves so the white liberal spokespersons are out of a job, but there?s one group that they can still patronise because they can?t speak for themselves and that?s the animals. The animals have this great advantage. ?I?ll hear their rights when they express them themselves - Bernard Williams http://badconscience.com/2010/09/29/how-to-think-about-vegetarianism/
In relation to them (animals), all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka - Isaac Bashevis Singer, a Noble Laureate in literature
Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers, and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they would be even more surprised to encounter a species defined as a thinking animal if, in fact, the creature very rarely indulged in actual thinking - Steve Allen
If man wants freedom why keep birds and animals in cages? Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places! I have since an early age abjured the use of meat - Leonardo Da Vinci
If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That?s the single most important thing you could do. It?s staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty - Sir Paul McCartney
I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals - Henry David Thoreau
I don't eat anything with a face - Linda McCartney