Animal Quote by Jonathan Safran Foer

There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both our own…

— Gary L. Francione

“We have created a false dichotomy between behaviors attributable to companion animals and those of other species that blinds us to the inherent worth…

— Bob Torres

It seems natural to surround my fictional world with animals because my reality is full of them. When I'm sitting there conceiving a story,…

— Sara Gruen

As a child, I read a great many books in which animals and birds played significant roles, not only in the narrative itself, but…

— John Burnside

“fact, however, the lesson is just the opposite. The story demonstrates that by humanising animals we usually underestimate animal cognition and ignore the unique…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The relationships I've had with animals are often some of the most profound. That's why you cry when a dog dies in a movie.…

— David Lowery

“We are not encouraged, on a daily basis, to pay careful attention to the animals we eat. On the contrary, the meat, dairy, and…

— Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

...eating animals involves an intentional decision to participate in the suffering and death of nonhumans where there is no plausible moral justification.

— Gary L. Francione

“We send one species to the butcher and give our love and kindness to another apparently for no reason other than because it's the…

— Melanie Joy

“The justifications for eating animals and for not eating them are often identical: we are not them.”

— Johnathan Safran Foer

“Food matters and animals matter and eating animals matters even more. The question of eating animals is ultimately driven by our intuitions about what…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Animals have their tragic and their comic side, and resemble us in many ways. They, too, have their distinctions and individualities. Many people believe…

— Manfred Kyber