My stepfather used to be a clown in The Shrine Circus. He took me backstage when I was 23. I saw three elephants chained to the cement floor in the warehouse of the Michigan State Fairgrounds. Sadness, hopelessness and fear… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think that the only effective and productive method of destroying speciesism would be for each uncaring human to be forced to live the life of a cow on a feedlot, or a monkey in a laboratory, or an… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
I simply wish my parents would have taught me about speciesism and how it was just as evil as racism, sexism and heterosexism. Sadly,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Have you ever known an alcoholic, a cigarette smoker, or a heroin user to be rational when it came to alcohol, cigarettes, or heroin?… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I've learned in the last 18+ years of interacting with over 60,000 people during my vegan lecture tour, it's that… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Every November, during the certain holiday people love so much, people take a dead turkey, open up the dead turkey’s ass, or carve out… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Placing a halo around your own head by saying 'I am a pacifist' and 'I don't believe in using violent tactics' doesn't make the… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Protecting the weak is the first step to enlightenment and being truly civilized. — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Sadly and criminally, many self-indulgent inactive pacifists have shunned me for being an outspoken supporter of X's 'by any means necessary' philosophy, even though… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
What we must do is start viewing every cow, pig, chicken, monkey, rabbit, mouse, and pigeon as our family members. — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
As for uniqueness, this is virtually nonexistent! And it's a shame that people think they're unique because they have a face ring, retro clothing,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
How would you feel, if the day that you were born, somebody else had already planned the day of your execution? — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
If it's not good enough for your eyes, why is it good enough for your stomach? — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
If an 'animal abuser' were killed in a research lab firebombing, I would unequivocally support that, too. — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
