People will separate the meat on the plate from a living…

The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the…

— Edward Thorndike

Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are absorbed in mental acrobatics and contribute nothing to society.

— Ogyu Sorai

Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables.

— Martin Yan

Of course black lives matter. All lives matter. I stopped eating meat because their lives matter to me. I don't think it's necessary for…

— Rza

By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The…

— Anonymous

“Eating meat to get protein is about as efficient as paddling a canoe with a chopstick.”

— Jesse Jacoby

Someone once asked me, 'How can you get as strong as an ox without eating any meat?' My answer was, 'Have you ever seen…

— Patrik Baboumian

Everything we eat begins with a plant turning solar energy into carbohydrates. Everything. Whether we're eating meat or eating vegetables, it all begins there.…

— Michael Pollan

Throughout my work, my subjects are being told that they must change their diet in order to make the adjustment into the new world.…

— Dolores Cannon

If man is able to live healthily as a vegetarian but chooses not to be one, then man is guilty of eating meat!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Meat eaters don't like me because I call for moderation, and vegetarians don't like me because I say there's nothing wrong with eating meat.…

— Vaclav Smil

Not eating meat really keeps me trim…meat, and what's usually served with it, is a big calorie packer.

— Olivia Wilde

Almost always when I told someone I was writing a book about "eating animals", they assumed, even without knowing anything about my views, that…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Eating meat is the most disgusting thing I can think of. It's like biting into your grandmother.

— Steven Morrissey

For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.

— Gautama Buddha