A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children. — David Brenner
I'm not a vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian! — Bill Watterson
Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing to the violent deaths of harmless animals. — Philip Kapleau
I am vegetarian, though, and so is my family. — Joely Fisher
I am proud to be a vegetarian and I am against those who eat meat. Go green to be fit, that's the best way for me at least. — Kareena Kapoor
Vegetarians are hotter then meat eaters. — Oliver Sykes
It occurred to me that I just didn't see how I could go ahead and continue to eat meat. It just seemed so... cannibalistic to me. And so, I'm a vegetarian, and I have been ever since. — Alice Paul
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. — Leo Tolstoy
When we eat vegetarian foods, we needn't worry about what kind of disease our food died from; this makes a joyful meal! — John Harvey Kellogg
Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak. — Ted Nugent
Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Meat!" he said scornfully. "I'm a vegetarian." You eat cheese enchiladas and aluminum cans," I reminded him. Those are vegetables. — Rick Riordan
Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit. — Anthony Bourdain
I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain. — Thomas A. Edison
I turned vegetarian after 9/11. A friend of mine came back from New York and said that he couldn't stand the smell of burnt flesh. It immediately reminded me of a barbecue. — Alyssa Milano
Vegetarian Quotes
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. — Dennis Wholey
People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food. — Wendell Berry
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings. — Cesar Chavez
Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. — Thomas Jefferson
Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another! — Pythagoras
I don't have any understanding of a human being who doesn't respect the beauty of life and that goes for all creatures that have thoughts, feelings and needs. — Alicia Silverstone
Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind. — Albert Einstein
Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non vegetarian — Guru Nanak
My wife actually got worried about my drinking so much regular milk, you know, so she got me into rice milk and now soy milk, which I greatly enjoy. A soy mocha's a fine thing. — Willie Nelson
Vegetarian Food Quotes
Taking all vegetable-eating nations together . . . they are a larger and much better formed race than the flesh eaters. — Sylvester Graham
There's no doubt in my mind that going vegetarian has made me feel better not only physically, but also because I learned about the suffering of animals who are raised and killed for food. I feel good knowing that I'm not contributing to that. — Sophie Monk
Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer — Benjamin Spock
In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do. — Cesar Chavez
Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal. — Ingrid Newkirk
A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed. — Mary Tyler Moore
I haven't bought any leather articles for a very long time. My ideal is to be able to avoid all animal products, in food as well as clothing. — Martina Navratilova
If he be really and seriously seeking to live a good life, the first thing from which he will abstain will always be the use of animal food, because ...its use is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to the moral feeling - killing. — Leo Tolstoy
So nothing fancy, maybe simple stuff… we’re missing regular, normal Earth food. — Sergei Krikalev
Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. — Nicola Sturgeon
Being Vegetarian Quotes
You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons — Grace Slick
My biggest dream in the world is for everyone to become vegetarian, so there won't be any more suffering. — Alicia Silverstone
Animals can't really voice their opinion. We feel as though we can be on of the spokespeople on their behalf. — River Phoenix
I can't think of anything better in the world to be but a vegan. — Alicia Silverstone
If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth - beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals - would you concede them the rights over you that you assume over other animals? — George Bernard Shaw
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain. — Linda McCartney
I know, in my soul, that to eat a creature who is raised to be eaten, and who never has a chance to be a real being, is unhealthy. It's like...you're just eating misery. You're eating a bitter life. — Alice Walker
All breathing beings are spiritual; this includes everyone who breathes, whether they are animals or humans, carnivores or vegetarians. — Sharon Gannon
In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
It almost seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore. — Albert Einstein
Vegetarianism Quotes
I also became a vegetarian when I was 14 because I realized eating animals was cruel. — Julia Hill
In fact, vegetarians have been reported to have more circulating AGEs than people who eat meat. — Max Lugavere
Vegetarianism is a way of living consciously on the planet. — Amy Smart
Cruelty to animals can become violence to humans. — Ali MacGraw
Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species. — Chris Hedges
In a burning building I would save a cat before a Rembrandt. — Alberto Giacometti
The more animal products you remove from your diet, the better you feel. The difference between vegetarian and vegan is huge. I feel so much better as a vegan. — Pamela Anderson
Nutrition has always played a huge role in my life. I became a vegetarian when I was 13 and then got my entire family to become vegetarians. And I have always been active my whole life. I genuinely enjoy sports and I spend time on my total gym. — Christie Brinkley
My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension. — Benjamin Franklin
I am a vegetarian because I realized that even little chickens suffer pain and fear, experience a range of feelings and emotions, and are as intelligent as mammals, including dogs, cats, and even some primates. — Sayings
Vegetarian Diet Quotes
Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better. — Nicholas Stern
Eating a vegetarian diet, walking (exercising) everyday, and meditating is considered radical. Allowing someone to slice your chest open and graft your leg veins in your heart is considered normal and conservative. — Dean Ornish
My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet. — Carl Lewis
What you eat don’t make me sh*t. That might work for you, that don’t mean it’s going to work for me. — 21 Savage
I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on cholesterol lowering drugs for the rest of their lives. — Dean Ornish
I didn’t invent the Taco, but I believe I improved it. — Glen Bell
Over the past 6 months, I have been playing around with my macros, and I’m really starting to see what works for me. — Martyn Ford
This can vary massively depending on what I’m training for, but I can consume anywhere from 4,500 to 8,000 calories per day. — Martyn Ford
Veganism isn’t just a strict vegetarian diet; it is a complete philosophical viewpoint. It is practical in outlook, simple to understand and aspires to the highest environmental and spiritual values. I am sure it holds the key to a future lifestyle for a humane planetary guardianship. — Howard Lyman
I’m a huge foodie, but I’m also very conscious about what I put in my body. — Hannah Bronfman
Vegetarian Health Quotes
Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story. — Mary Tyler Moore
We all love animals. Why do we call some 'pets' and others 'dinner?' — K. D. Lang
If you visit the killing floor of a slaughterhouse, it will brand your soul for life. — Howard Lyman
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat — Steven Wright
We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers — Peter Singer
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.' — Casey Affleck
If you could see or feel the suffering you wouldn't think twice. Give back life. Don't eat meat. — Kim Basinger
Men hunt I think maybe because they have something wrong with their own equipment and they need something else to shoot. — Pamela Anderson
The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds. — Plato
If a kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming, they would never touch meat again. — James Cromwell
Vegetable Quotes
Of course you know the miracle of AIDS, we all do. It's the only disease that turns fruits into vegetables. — David Duke
Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, and with him rise weeping. — William Shakespeare
Don't be a marshmallow. Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. Stop being vegetables. Work for Justice. Viva the boycott! — Dolores Huerta
We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables — the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers — to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences. — Jane Elliott
I keep my diet simple by sticking to mostly fruits and vegetables all day and then having whatever I want for dinner. I end up making healthy choices, like sushi or grilled fish, because I feel so good from eating well. — Sayings
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. — Mark Twain
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh. — Will Rogers
Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. — Jim Davis
Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile. — Dan Buettner
Approximately 80 % of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. — Ronald Reagan
Vegan Diet Quotes
I think 'vegan' is a beautiful word. It is more than just a description for our diet. I see it as a visible template for an ethical, healthy, responsible, and rational life. Because it describes our character, it says we do not take the life of another living being to satisfy our wants. — Philip Wollen
When you're vegan, you spend your time chasing protein, and you're eating food that's way too high in carbs. I could never catch up on protein. — Rick Rubin
Cakes are healthy too, you just eat a small slice. — Mary Berry
Knowing thousands of recipes doesn’t feed you, unless you start cooking. — Leo Babauta
Eating well and staying active is the necessary base to a clear complexion and a healthy body and mind. — Hannah Bronfman
Absolutely fell in love with the idea and the power that the training and food has and can have over your life. — Martyn Ford
The world's strongest animals are plant eaters. Gorillas, Buffaloes, Elephants and me. — Patrik Baboumian
People feel poorly because they are nourished by foods you wouldn't feed to your dog and cat. The rich western diet is full of fat, sugar, cholesterol, salt, animal protein - all the wrong foods for people. — John A. McDougall
Bananas are the base of all my smoothies! They are packed with potassium and give a solid base flavor. — Hannah Bronfman
I used to bulk and cut, but never to extremes. I have always been more into what my body can do versus how it looks. — Martyn Ford
It is significant to note that those who live on vegetarian food are less prone to diseases, whereas non-vegetarians are subject to more diseases. Why? Because animal food is incompatible with the needs of the human body. — Sathya Sai Baba
You take this meat eating. Many people have to kill the animals because of your non-vegetarianism. You are responsible for the death of those animals. They are killed because you eat them. This is a sin. What a sin to kill innocent animals and eat them. — Sathya Sai Baba
In every respect, vegans appear to enjoy equal or better health in comparison to both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. — T. Colin Campbell
He didn't call his father and mother 'Father' and 'Mother' but Harold and Alberta. They were very up to date and advanced people. They were vegetarians, non-smokers and teetotalers, and wore a special kind of underclothes. In their house there was very little furniture and very few clothes on the beds and the windows were always open. — C. S. Lewis
No vegetarian has been able to achieve a single Nobel prize. It is a clear-cut condemnation of vegetarianism. Why do all the Nobel prizes go to non-vegetarians? - because vegetarian food does not contain those proteins which create intelligence. And unless we provide those proteins, intelligence cannot grow. The body is a very delicate phenomenon and it needs a very well balanced diet. — Osho
Vegetarianism as a moral position is no more coherent than saying that you think it morally wrong to eat meat from a spotted cow but not morally wrong to eat meat from a non-spotted cow. — Gary L. Francione
Even if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence — Nhat Hanh
Jainism is the first religion that has made vegetarianism a fundamental necessity for transforming consciousness. And they are right. Killing just to eat makes your consciousness heavy, insensitive; and you need a very sensitive consciousness - very light, very loving, very compassionate. It is difficult for a non-vegetarian to be compassionate; and without being compassionate and loving you will be hindering your own progress. — Osho
In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all living beings. — Nhat Hanh
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