Animals Quote by Terry Pratchett

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable.

— Henri Bergson

...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

People always wanted someone to blame, didn't they?

— Eileen Wilks

Frivolity is the species' refusal to suffer.

— John Lahr

Our daily life is mostly, made of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness and good health because…

— Carlo M. Cipolla

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the…

— Mary Tyler Moore

Animals don't think in terms of victims and villains, or good and bad, or evil, or shame.

— Justin Torres

Before one blames, one should always find out whether one cannot excuse. To discover little faults has been always the particularity of such brains…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

When a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.

— Plutarch

“almost all biologists agreed that no creature could ever evolve the ability to help its species at the expense of itself. Only when the…

— Matt Ridley

To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this age there…

— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada