« All Call Things Quotes
·
Matthew Scully's Page
Call Things Quotes by Matthew Scully
1 Call Things quote by Matthew Scully
More Quotes by Matthew Scully
Matthew Scully has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
When we shrink from the sight of something, when we shroud it in euphemism, that is usually a sign of inner conflict,…
-
I know a 'crime against nature' when I see one. It is usually a sign of crimes against nature that we cannot…
-
Animals have this way of constantly confronting us with ultimate questions - about truth and falsehood, guilt and innocence, God and sanctity…
-
Where we find wrongs done to animals, it is no excuse to say that more important wrongs are done to human beings,…
-
Go into the largest livestock operation, search out the darkest and tiniest stall or pen, single out the filthiest, most forlorn little…
-
My point is that when you look at a rabbit and can see only a pest, or vermin, or a meal, or…
-
To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are production units,…
-
Regarding factory-farmed animals We owe them a merciful death, and we owe them a merciful life. And when human beings cannot do…
See all 29 quotes by Matthew Scully »
More Call Things Quotes
Popular Call Things quotes from across the collection:
-
Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to…
— Cato the Elder
-
Do not take the yardstick of your ignorance to measure what the ancients knew, and call everything which you do not know…
— Wendell Phillips
-
We call things we don't understand complex, but that means we haven't found a good way of thinking about them.
— Unknown Author
-
"It is essential to understand this point thoroughly: that the thing-in-itself, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, is not only unknowable-it does not…
— Alan Watts
-
And there are times that you got to speak up, and you’ve got to call things what they are!
— H. L. Richardson
-
But then why, when talking on the phone, did they quarrel, on average at least once every four sentences? Maybe, though the…
— Andrea Camilleri
-
Well, if I am not vulgar, neither is my book. I wrote myself. Suggestiveness is always vulgar. But truth never. My book…
— Mary MacLane
-
We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school…
— William Penn
See all Call Things Quotes »
Browse Matthew Scully Quotes by Category