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Best Animals Quotes by Peter Singer
- We are not especially 'interested in' animals. Neither of us had ever been inordinately fond of dogs, cats, or horses in the way that many…
- When children see animals in a circus, they learn that animals exist for our amusement. Quite apart from the cruelty involved in training and confining…
- My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large group of beings:…
- At present scientists do not look for alternatives simply because they do not care enough about the animals they are using.
- When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last…
- ...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior of…
- Typically, defenders of experiments on animals do not deny that animals suffer. They cannot deny the animals' suffering, because they need to stress the similarities…
- All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.
- The belief that the animals exist because God created them - and that he created them so we can better meet our needs - is…
- Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.
- If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the…
- If you're buying animal products and can go to the farm and actually see how the animals are looked after, yes, that's an important point.…
- So, basically, my view is I don't want to support the exploitation of animals, and within reason, I will do what I can to avoid…
- Forests and meat animals compete for the same land. The prodigious appetite of the affluent nations for meat means that agribusiness can pay more than…
- People may hope that the meat they buy came from an animal who died without pain, but they do not really want to know about…
- I would not question the sincerity of vegetarians who take little interest in Animal Liberation because they give priority to other causes; but when nonvegetarians…
- The animal liberation movement is saying that where animals and humans have similar interests - we might take the interest in avoiding physical pain as…
- In most countries, it is possible to visit zoos and see bored animals pacing back and forth in cages, with nothing to do but wait…
- Several countries - among them Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, Israel and Sweden - ban or severely restrict the use of wild animals in…
- There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting places where captive…
- Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to use in whatever…
- There is no doubt that there is a huge difference between human and nonhuman animals. But what we are overlooking is the fact that nonhuman…
- In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering.
More Animals Quotes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. — David Attenborough
- There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of… — David Attenborough
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. — David Attenborough
- I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated… — David Attenborough
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is… — David Attenborough
- Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you… — David Attenborough
- The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins… — Diane Ackerman
- We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health… — Diane Ackerman