--- title: "6 Cows Quotes By Vandana Shiva" description: "6 Cows quotes by Vandana Shiva. Plus more from Vandana Shiva and more Cows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/vandana-shiva-2756_car_because-of-these-new-car-models-there-is_230632.jpg" --- > [Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/because-of-these-new-car-models-there-is-suddenly-on-the-streets-of/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/vandana-shiva-2756_car_because-of-these-new-car-models-there-is_230632.jpg) > [If you see cattle as a source of organic manure, animal energy, as well as milk products, then Indian cattle are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/if-you-see-cattle-as-a-source-of-organic-manure-animal-energy-as-well/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/vandana-shiva-2756_alps_if-you-see-cattle-as-a-source-of-organic_1504921.jpg) > [The director of the institute where I was working apologized about these young, enthusiastic researchers when the World Bank visited because he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-director-of-the-institute-where-i-was-working-apologized-about/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/vandana-shiva-2756_back-home_the-director-of-the-institute-where-i-wa_1757296.jpg) > [Seen from a monocultural perspective, manipulating objects is very, very clever. But seen from a multidimensional perspective, from a perspective of diversity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/seen-from-a-monocultural-perspective-manipulating-objects-is-very/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/vandana-shiva-2756_clever_seen-from-a-monocultural-perspective-man_1941065.jpg) > [In India, crossbreeding programs aimed at mimicking the milk yields of Western cows like the Jerseys and the Holsteins actually breed out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/in-india-crossbreeding-programs-aimed-at-mimicking-the-milk-yields-of/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/vandana-shiva-2756_animal_in-india-crossbreeding-programs-aimed-at_2312857.jpg) > [If you want a cow to be not just a cow but a milk machine, you can do a very good job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/if-you-want-a-cow-to-be-not-just-a-cow-but-a-milk-machine-you-can-do/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/vandana-shiva-2756_addict_if-you-want-a-cow-to-be-not-just-a-cow-b_2700174.jpg) ## Other authors on Cows ## More by Vandana Shiva > [We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/we-share-this-planet-our-home-with-millions-of-species-justice-and/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [The enclosure of the biological and intellectual commons in this way is a real threat to the future of people everywhere because it creates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-enclosure-of-the-biological-and-intellectual-commons-in-this-way/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [Ecofeminism is a good term for distinguishing a feminism that is ecological from the kind of feminisms that have become extremely technocratic. I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/ecofeminism-is-a-good-term-for-distinguishing-a-feminism-that-is/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [In the seed and the soil, we find the answers to every one of the crises we face. The crises of violence and war.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/in-the-seed-and-the-soil-we-find-the-answers-to-every-one-of-the/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [We could replace people with fossil fuels, have higher and higher levels of industrialization, of agriculture, of production, without thinking of the green-house gases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/we-could-replace-people-with-fossil-fuels-have-higher-and-higher/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [Nobody defines it as something women shouldn't be doing. In a way, there are more mathematicians, more doctors, more scientists in India than there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/nobody-defines-it-as-something-women-shouldn-t-be-doing-in-a-way/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both the cows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/because-of-these-new-car-models-there-is-suddenly-on-the-streets-of/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [Diversity creates harmony, and harmony creates beauty, balance, bounty and peace in nature and society, in agriculture and culture, in science and in politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/diversity-creates-harmony-and-harmony-creates-beauty-balance-bounty/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [For us, not cooperating in the monopoly regimes of intellectual property rights and patents and biodiversity - saying "no" to patents on life, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/for-us-not-cooperating-in-the-monopoly-regimes-of-intellectual/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [I describe what is happening as 'food fascism' because this system can only survive through totalitarian control. With patents on seed, an illegitimate legal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/i-describe-what-is-happening-as-food-fascism-because-this-system-can/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [My mother was a tremendous woman. I was just cleaning up old trunks and I found a book with her notes written during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/my-mother-was-a-tremendous-woman-i-was-just-cleaning-up-old-trunks/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [Patriarchy is based on appropriating rights and leaving responsibility to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/patriarchy-is-based-on-appropriating-rights-and-leaving/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [The poorest of families, the poorest of children, are subsidizing the growth of the largest agribusinesses in the world. I think it’s time we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-poorest-of-families-the-poorest-of-children-are-subsidizing-the/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/water-must-be-free-for-sustenance-needs-since-nature-gives-water-to/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) > [The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-abuse-of-the-earth-is-the-ecological-crisis/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cows/vandana-shiva/#itemlist", "name": "6 Cows Quotes By Vandana Shiva", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both the cows and the cyclists. 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