Christ Quote by Christopher Durang

“Under English law the penalty for eating meat on Friday was hanging. The law remained on the books until the sixteenth century, when Henry…

— Mark Kurlansky

“He admired bears because everyone was afraid to disturb them while they slept and fish were so in love with bears that they jumper…

— Robb Todd

“Yes," agreed Childermass, "very great harm! For while he was in the pantry he ate three meat-pies." "And two cream cheeses," added Lucas. Mr.…

— Susanna Clarke

“The mass of the population before the modern era rarely ate meat as the mass of the peasantry rarely do in underdeveloped countries today.…

— Malcolm Hamilton

Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans probably ate some meat, it was unlikely to have played a major role in…

— Jane Goodall

“The historian William Cronon explains that packing plants 'distanced their customers most of all from the act of killing… The more people became accustomed…

— Steven Wise

My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on…

— Natalie Portman

Our ancestors were eating meat over 2.5 million years ago. We mainly ate meat, fish, fruits, vegetables and nuts. We have to assume our…

— Lionel Tiger

I was uncomfortable because I had never been that nude before. I had never shown my legs, and never shown quite that much skin.…

— Mariette Hartley

“Nothing irritated her more than these high-and-mighty vegetarians who ate meat sometimes and then decided that it didn’t really count.”

— David Sedaris

Back in humanity's hunter-gatherer days, you only ate meat if you'd recently made a kill, which required a huge amount of effort, and was…

— Konnie Huq

“He was always saying: “Don’t get ideas above your station. Don’t think you’re anything special.” When the boys in their high spirits declared that…

— David Lagercrantz

“They were carnivores. That means they ate meat. And they spent all their time hunting for meat. Meat, meat, meat. Lots of meat. Nothing…

— Max Candee

“Men slept at night. They sat when they ate. They ate meat that was cooked, not raw. Wolves didn’t sleep at night. They crouched…

— Sarah Noffke

I grew up in financially straitened circumstances and meat, which was expensive, was a rare thing at mealtimes. We ate meat about once a…

— Neel Mukherjee