"But I think the majority of cows, and……" — Peter Singer
"But I think the majority of cows, and even more so chickens and pigs, are leading pretty miserable lives."
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198 Quotes by Peter Singer
Peter Singer has 198 quotes on this site.
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Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly…
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The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we…
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We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a…
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I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics,…
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If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter…
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Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers…
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People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are…
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There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters,…
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It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests…
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As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution…
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With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed…
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...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others…
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More Chickens Quotes
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one of 635 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do?…
— Dave Attell
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I eat cheese and salami and a lot of fried chicken. I eat a big bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies every…
— Ellen Barkin
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I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable.
— Todd Barry
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I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken,…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon…
— Mark Bittman
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This is how sad my life is: I got a scar from scratching my chicken pox too much. That's my…
— Lewis Black
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Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
— Aesop
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I'm not counting any chickens.
— Jeff Bridges
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While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and…
— Rita Mae Brown
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I was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year…
— Sandra Bullock
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I have a lot of fruit trees and my own little vegetable garden and chickens. And every time I eat,…
— Gisele Bundchen
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