--- title: "21 Carnivorous Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 21 Carnivorous quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Carnivorous sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/francis-picabia-15935_family_the-family-spirit-has-rendered-man-carni_1658882.png" --- > [The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-picabia/the-family-spirit-has-rendered-man-carnivorous/) [Francis Picabia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-picabia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/francis-picabia-15935_family_the-family-spirit-has-rendered-man-carni_1658882.png) > [Grief, he said, is carnivorous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/grief-he-said-is-carnivorous/) [Dennis Lehane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-lehane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/dennis-lehane-1503_death_grief-he-said-is-carnivorous-1955845_1955845.jpg) > [It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-faguet/it-would-be-equally-reasonable-to-say-that-sheep-are-born-carnivorous/) [Emile Faguet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-faguet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/emile-faguet-78658_born_it-would-be-equally-reasonable-to-say-th_2701971.png) > [CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/carnivorous-adj-addicted-to-the-cruelty-of-devouring-the-timorous/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/ambrose-bierce-140_cruelty_carnivorous-adj-addicted-to-the-cruelty_1426695.jpg) > [When it's all said and done we will lose a piece to a carnivorous vegetarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-amos/when-it-s-all-said-and-done-we-will-lose-a-piece-to-a-carnivorous/) [Tori Amos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-amos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/tori-amos-679_vegetarianism_when-it-s-all-said-and-done-we-will-lose_2827518.png) > [The case for meat-eaters - if eating meat is a sin, then why are some plants carnivorous?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharth-katragadda/the-case-for-meat-eaters-if-eating-meat-is-a-sin-then-why-are-some/) [Siddharth Katragadda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharth-katragadda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/siddharth-katragadda-16947_cases_the-case-for-meat-eaters-if-eating-meat_923339.jpg) > [Had I managed to fall into some sort of carnivorous plant? Yeah, bleed on the man-eating plant. Always a good plan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-rowland/had-i-managed-to-fall-into-some-sort-of-carnivorous-plant-yeah-bleed/) [Diana Rowland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-rowland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/diana-rowland-10606_eating_had-i-managed-to-fall-into-some-sort-of_839493.png) > [SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/sarcophagus-n-among-the-greeks-a-coffin-which-being-made-of-a-certain/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/ambrose-bierce-140_body_sarcophagus-n-among-the-greeks-a-coffin_2959804.jpg) > [Tyrannosaurus is the most superb carnivorous mechanism among the terrestrial Vertebrata, in which raptorial power and speed are combined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fairfield-osborn/tyrannosaurus-is-the-most-superb-carnivorous-mechanism-among-the/) [Henry Fairfield Osborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fairfield-osborn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/henry-fairfield-osborn-48107_dinosaur_tyrannosaurus-is-the-most-superb-carnivo_2917032.png) > [“Only in summer-phase is it carnivorous.” If there was an award for understatement, I thought, the Tyr would trounce all competition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-if-there-was-an-award-for/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/c-s-friedman-22610_great-quotes_only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-i_1572840.png) > [Lions and other carnivorous animals do eat meat, but that doesn't mean we should. They would die if they didn't eat meat.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-gannon/lions-and-other-carnivorous-animals-do-eat-meat-but-that-doesn-t-mean/) [Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/sharon-gannon-2432_animal_lions-and-other-carnivorous-animals-do-e_1805480.png) > [“Grief,” he said, “is carnivorous. It feeds whether you’re awake or not, whether you fight it or you don’t. Much like cancer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/grief-he-said-is-carnivorous-it-feeds-whether-you-re-awake-or-not/) [Dennis Lehane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-lehane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/dennis-lehane-1503_grief_grief-he-said-is-carnivorous-it-feeds-wh_2378917.jpg) > [Man is a carnivorous production, And must have meals, at least one meal a day; He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/man-is-a-carnivorous-production-and-must-have-meals-at-least-one-meal/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/lord-byron-356_bears_man-is-a-carnivorous-production-and-must_327657.jpg) > [The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/the-animals-you-eat-are-not-those-who-devour-others-you-do-not-eat/) [Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/jean-jacques-rousseau-418_animal_the-animals-you-eat-are-not-those-who-de_2521740.png) > [“We generally accept that it's natural for carnivorous wild animals to kill other animals in order to live. But people don't often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-bekoff/we-generally-accept-that-it-s-natural-for-carnivorous-wild-animals-to/) [Marc Bekoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-bekoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/marc-bekoff-24667_animal-rights_we-generally-accept-that-it-s-natural-fo_371608.png) > [“My Manager forced me to put my beetle in my own ear, a clear waste and an act that gave me nightmares:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/my-manager-forced-me-to-put-my-beetle-in-my-own-ear-a-clear-waste-and/) [Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/jeff-vandermeer-1366_beetles_my-manager-forced-me-to-put-my-beetle-in_1456509.png) > [Lions and other carnivorous animals do a lot of things besides eat meat. They live outdoors, not in houses; they don't wear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-gannon/lions-and-other-carnivorous-animals-do-a-lot-of-things-besides-eat/) [Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/sharon-gannon-2432_animal_lions-and-other-carnivorous-animals-do-a_269958.jpg) > [“How should those of us of no great education challenge him at table when he compared the efficiency of lions and camels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinz-linge/how-should-those-of-us-of-no-great-education-challenge-him-at-table/) [Heinz Linge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinz-linge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/heinz-linge-49444_education_how-should-those-of-us-of-no-great-educa_1855127.jpg) > [There is no doubt, that man is not built to be a carnivorous animal. What a sweet, pleasing and innocent sight is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/there-is-no-doubt-that-man-is-not-built-to-be-a-carnivorous-animal/) [John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/john-ray-7515_animal_there-is-no-doubt-that-man-is-not-built_862806.jpg) > [“Is it not a reproach that man is a carnivorous animal? True, he can and does live, in a great measure, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/is-it-not-a-reproach-that-man-is-a-carnivorous-animal-true-he-can-and/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/henry-david-thoreau-20_eating-animals_is-it-not-a-reproach-that-man-is-a-carni_481716.jpg) > [... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/man-was-not-born-a-carnivorous-animal-but-born-to-live-on-the-fruits/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/mahatma-gandhi-23_advice_man-was-not-born-a-carnivorous-animal-bu_2660827.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carnivorous/#itemlist", "name": "Carnivorous Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francis Picabia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-picabia/the-family-spirit-has-rendered-man-carnivorous/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/francis-picabia-15935_family_the-family-spirit-has-rendered-man-carni_1658882.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/francis-picabia-15935_family_the-family-spirit-has-rendered-man-carni_1658882.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/francis-picabia-15935_family_the-family-spirit-has-rendered-man-carni_1658882.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.” — Francis Picabia", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Grief, he said, is carnivorous.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dennis Lehane" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/grief-he-said-is-carnivorous/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/dennis-lehane-1503_death_grief-he-said-is-carnivorous-1955845_1955845.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/dennis-lehane-1503_death_grief-he-said-is-carnivorous-1955845_1955845.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/dennis-lehane-1503_death_grief-he-said-is-carnivorous-1955845_1955845.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Grief, he said, is carnivorous.” — Dennis Lehane", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emile Faguet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-faguet/it-would-be-equally-reasonable-to-say-that-sheep-are-born-carnivorous/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/emile-faguet-78658_born_it-would-be-equally-reasonable-to-say-th_2701971.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/emile-faguet-78658_born_it-would-be-equally-reasonable-to-say-th_2701971.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/emile-faguet-78658_born_it-would-be-equally-reasonable-to-say-th_2701971.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.” — Emile Faguet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "CARNIVOROUS, adj. 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But people don't often think (or even know) about the extraordinary and unnatural suffering that humans inflict on the animals that we freely harvest for food, with the help of modern high technology and the animal food sciences.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marc Bekoff" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-bekoff/we-generally-accept-that-it-s-natural-for-carnivorous-wild-animals-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/marc-bekoff-24667_animal-rights_we-generally-accept-that-it-s-natural-fo_371608.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/marc-bekoff-24667_animal-rights_we-generally-accept-that-it-s-natural-fo_371608.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/marc-bekoff-24667_animal-rights_we-generally-accept-that-it-s-natural-fo_371608.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We generally accept that it's natural for carnivorous wild animals to kill other animals in order to live…” — Marc Bekoff", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My Manager forced me to put my beetle in my own ear, a clear waste and an act that gave me nightmares: of a burning city through which giant carnivorous lizards prowled, eating survivors off of balconies. 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