For me, it's about optimizing health. It's about lifestyle and longevity. Then you think about what vegetarian diets can do for the… — Scott Jurek Copy Share Image
We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A diet that relies heavily on meat production results in higher emissions than a typical vegetarian diet. Different individuals will make different… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I became a vegetarian out of concern for animals, but I wasn't a vegetarian long before I realized there's something to that.… — Bob Barker Copy Share Image
I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When I was 88 years old, I gave up meat entirely and switched to a plant foods diet following a slight stroke.… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
I changed my diet completely. You know, I'm from Cleveland, so I've always loved sausage and red meat and all of that… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
Whenever I visit a market and see the chickens crowded together in tiny cages that give them no room to move around… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I have been a vegetarian for about 10 years. And it really was due to the reading that I did. And they… — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I've never followed a vegan or vegetarian diet in the past, but I think I could do it. It would not be… — Joel Robuchon Copy Share Image
Studies indicate that vegetarians often have lower morbidity and mortality rates. . . . Not only is mortality from coronary artery disease… — John Robbins Copy Share Image
Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources.… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced, vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut… — Dean Ornish M.D Copy Share Image
There's no question that largely vegetarian diets are as healthy as you can get. The evidence is so strong and overwhelming and… — Marion Nestle Copy Share Image
Veganism isn’t just a strict vegetarian diet; it is a complete philosophical viewpoint. It is practical in outlook, simple to understand and… — Howard Lyman Copy Share Image
I drink a lot of water during the day irrespective of the season, and I follow a strictly vegetarian diet - which… — Shakti Mohan Copy Share Image
The earth affords a lavish supply of richess of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Hitler suffered acutely from meteorism; perhaps he did not suffer so acutely as those around him, since meteorism is uncontrolled farting, a… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian… — Alicia Silverstone Copy Share Image
I venture to maintain that there are multitudes to whom the necessity of discharging the duties of a butcher would be so… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
