Caesar's armies marched on vegetarian foods.

I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.

— Mahatma Gandhi

King of the animals-- as thou hast described him-- I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest--because thou doest only…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined to abstain…

— Henry David Thoreau

A human can be healthy without killing animals for food.

— Leo Tolstoy

I am not a fish fanatic unless it is made in a certain way. Most of the time, my parents and I would eat…

— Asin

I think people should eat vegetarian food for 20 days and then see the glow on their faces.

— Sangram Singh

Many things made me become a vegetarian, among them the higher food yield as a solution to world hunger.

— John Denver

I'm vegan in my fashion and vegetarian in my food.

— Torrey DeVitto

I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.

— George Bernard Shaw

“I enjoy vegetarian food like I enjoy a kick in the stomach.”

— Roberto Bolano

When we eat vegetarian foods, we needn't worry about what kind of disease our food died from; this makes a joyful meal!

— John Harvey Kellogg

When I was 88 years old, I gave up meat entirely and switched to a plant foods diet following a slight stroke. During the…

— Benjamin Spock

It is significant to note that those who live on vegetarian food are less prone to diseases, whereas non-vegetarians are subject to more diseases.…

— Sathya Sai Baba

At first, people think about vegetarian food like, 'Here's some veggies. Here's some pasta.' But there's so much more you can do in the…

— Guy Fieri

When a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer