Oliver Stark Quotes

I've been a vegetarian since I was about 12 years old. When I became a vegetarian, I got my mom and dad to become vegetarian, and my brother became a vegetarian.

I'm a vegetarian - I think there's a strong possibility, had I not become a vegetarian, I would not be working now. I became a vegetarian about 25 years ago, and I did it out of concern for animals. But I immediately began having more energy and feeling better.

I stopped eating meat when I was 35. Thank God.

I gave up meat when I was 18, and it was an ethical decision. I loved the taste, and went on holiday to Greece, fairly gorging myself on lamb souvlaki before taking the plunge into a meatless existence.

I have made my own choice, which is vegetarianism, but it's not the choice I'm imposing on anybody else.

I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with - dogs and cats, for example - from the animals on my plate, and I never really cared for the taste of meat. I always loved my Brussels sprouts.

Even as a child, I felt very guilty about eating animals and never knew that there was something to do about it. And as I got older, it became clearer that there are things that I can do and choices I can make.

Every person I have met who has gone vegan says it is the best decision they have ever made.

A couple of my mechanics have become vegan because I've done it. One of my barbers, too.

I became a vegetarian at seven. I went on a school trip to a farm and loved the animals.

I'm low-maintenance. And I'm not going vegan.

Almost went vegan, but no, I didn't go vegan.

There was one day where I just stopped eating meat, but then the transition to get rid of the dairy and eggs took 12 years.

I stopped eating beef at 13 and stopped eating all meat a few years ago. I would feel guilty that what was on my plate was walking around yesterday. Either I could live with that or stop eating meat. I choose the latter, and I'm happier for it.

Though I'm vegan and advocate that others eat a plant-based diet, I know that many people aren't quite ready to take that step in whole.

Being a vegetarian really saves lives.

For me, it always has to be about health. That's why I'm a vegan. Well, I don't even do that for my health entirely, I do it for animals.

I'm not telling people to go vegan overnight.

Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture.

If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian.

I'm not a vegetarian. But I think people who are vegetarians, they are actually more virtuous than the rest of us. I think they should be admired.

In my own life, I decided to leave meat off my plate in medical school, but was a bit slow to realise that dairy products and eggs are not health foods either.

Being vegan just gives you such great karma.

I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures.