Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things, but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism.

I became a vegetarian at age 13 because I was into animal issues and felt like it was kinder not to eat animals.

I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man can live without meat.

Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.

That's the nice thing about being a vegetarian. You don't have to be neurotic. Selective omnivores have to be neurotic. Personally, I don't have time for all that; I don't want to get into it.

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

Dia de Los Muertos is a holiday that pays tribute to the dead and also celebrates life. So I thought, what better of an idea to bring it in with PETA and let people know how we can respect the living and the dead. Going vegetarian could be an incredible option for people if they would just educate themselves.

Being vegan just gives you such great karma.

One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.

I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive.

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 know lots and lots and lots of vegetarians who think it's perfectly all right to kill animals for food to eat, but don't do it because they think all the ways in which it's done are wrong.

I became a vegetarian, and I carried around a suitcase full of vitamins and special drinks everywhere I went.

The way I eat is a heavy statement on my belief system. I eat cruelty-free. It is my way of being able to take a stand against doing harm to any living creature.

I was a fairly strict vegetarian - I ate eggs and dairy products but nothing that would involve killing an animal to furnish the food on my plate.

Being vegetarian makes me feel healthy.

It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet

In all the round world there is no meat. There used to be. But now we cannot stand the thought of slaughterhouses.

When people ask me why I don't eat meat or any other animal products, I say, 'Because they are unhealthy and they are the product of a violent and inhumane industry.'

Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for animals. Do it for the environment and do it for your health.

I never eat meat as I think it is wrong to deprive animals of their life when they are so difficult to chew anyway.

The reason my food bank is vegan is because I can't pay for animal products in good conscience.

I don't eat any animals or anything that has to do with animals. No fish or egg or dairy because I personally don't feel it's a good practice to eat anything that might run away from you.

If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically.

But it’s compounded by the fact that I love animals and feel better not eating them.