Discrimination Quote by Will Self

Some people are uncomfortable saying what they feel.

— Meg Wolitzer

Why should the peculiarities of human consciousness be the narrow standard by which other creatures are judged?

— Gary Snyder

My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large group of…

— Peter Singer

We believe we're seeing, in other animals, a process, or an attribute, that isn't fundamentally different from what we see in humans, so it…

— Hal Whitehead

It is not with respect to our convenience or discomfort, but with respect to their own nature that the creatures are glorifying to their…

— Saint Augustine

Attitudes toward other creatures is conditioned by one's level of security within the universe.

— Mamphela Ramphele

People are still very uncomfortable with the idea that humans are not specially created species. I believe we are a fantastic species. But we…

— Greg Graffin

For me, when we're all human beings, it's just interesting that we cannot understand the other person or how they think. That's one part…

— Yoko Taro

I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. That…

— Jeff Stilson

Each one of us interprets various stimuli according to our own personal sensibility.

— Stefano Gabbana

“When someone expresses some feeling, attitude or belief, our tendency is almost immediately to feel “that’s right,” or “that’s stupid,” “that’s abnormal,” “that’s unreasonable,”…

— Dale Carnegie

People ache to believe that we human beings are vastly different from all other species - and they are right! We are different. We…

— Daniel Dennett