Animals Quote by William Stolzenburg

“You cannot kill and eat animals and expect to help them, much less challenge the food system that profits from our choice to keep…

— James McWilliams

“If animals are just commodities, then we are just consumers, with no greater good than material pleasure and no higher law than appetite.”

— Matthew Scully

The raising of animals for food and all that it entails is the single most destructive force impacting our planet's fragile ecosystems. Our planet…

— Sharon Gannon

“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

The animal man lives in the senses. If he does not get enough to eat, he is miserable; or if something happens to his…

— Swami Vivekananda

“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

“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

In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering.

— Peter Singer

There are millions and millions of people who are thrown in the midst of poverty and starvation. Animals don't die of starvation, only human…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.

— George Orwell

“We strive for a world where every earthling has the right to live and grow. That's why we don't eat animals.”

— Ruby Roth

“Especially when it comes to animals used for food, humanity’s reasoning power and concern about fairness plummets.”

— Karen Davis