Religion, media and schools tell us to disregard animals, view them as commodities, property and resources, and convince us that animals cannot think clearly, nor act morally or altruistically, nor experience love and hatred, or kindness and terror, in the… — 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? Of course not. And there is NO such thing as a rational - or ethical - meat, dairy, egg and honey-eater when it comes to animal issues and whether humans should be enslaving, murdering and eating… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share
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 a really big hole in their ass, take some stuffing and shove it inside their dead empty ass, and use the little dead ass as an oven to bake some bread. Somebody else’s dead empty bacteria-laden… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share
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 NOT supporting me means you are supporting violence since millions of meat, dairy, egg and honey-eaters who would have had a chance to see my speeches, essays or advertisements continue along their violent paths unchallenged. — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share
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