I can't think of anything better in the world to be but a vegan. — Alicia Silverstone
Veganism is not a limitation in any way; it's an expansion of your love, your commitment to nonviolence, and your belief in justice for all. — Gary L. Francione
A human can be healthy without killing animals for food. — Leo Tolstoy
A vegan diet takes care of most of what we need to do. — Neal Barnard
Veganism gives us all the opportunity to say what we "stand for" in life- the ideal of healthy, humane living. Add decades to your life, with a clear conscience as a bonus. — Donald Watson
I try to stick to a vegan diet heavy on fruit and vegetables. — Clint Eastwood
Veganism affirms what is best for us, what is best for the animals, and what is best for the environment. Everywhere you look, you find veganism entwined with what is best. — Tom Regan
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
I've found that eating vegan the last five or six months has really given me energy, I feel good and I look fabulous. — Ted Danson
My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet. — Carl Lewis
Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species. — Chris Hedges
The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom. — Uri Geller
Being vegan helped me realize I can say and do what I believe is right. That's powerful. — Alicia Silverstone
Short Vegan Quotes
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. — Charles Darwin
The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. — Paul Farmer
Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: they’re only animals. — Theodor Adorno
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
It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal. — Joaquin Phoenix
No animal needs to die in order for me to live. And that makes me feel good. — Howard Lyman
Cakes are healthy too, you just eat a small slice. — Mary Berry
So nothing fancy, maybe simple stuff… we’re missing regular, normal Earth food. — Sergei Krikalev
Without weird people in this world, life is gonna be like vanilla ice cream without sprinkles. — Ryan Higa
I try to stick to a vegan diet heavy on fruit and vegetables.
Go Vegan Quotes
Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. — Mark Twain
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 kept on telling my parents school wasn’t for me. And they were like, ‘No you need to go university.’ — KSI
Fragrance is my favorite thing. So much so that if I leave the house and I don’t put any on, I’ll turn around and go back home. — Meghan Markle
If you don't take care of this the most magnificent machine that you will ever be given...where are you going to live? — Karyn Calabrese
I realized what goes on in the egg industry and the dairy industry, so then I was like, ‘That’s it! Going vegan!’ and I just kind of went cold turkey, basically. — Sadie Sink
Whenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'We must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it. — Brigid Brophy
Every time we go by KFC, my kids ask me to honk and they yell 'Boo' out the window. — Pamela Anderson
Some people are still going to want to eat meat. We do agree though that vegetarianism is a healthier diet. — Dave Stroud
There is nothing more 'elitist' than thinking our palate
pleasure can ever justify a second of suffering or
a single death. Please go vegan. — Gary L. Francione
Vegan Health Quotes
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 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
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
The meat industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars lying to the public about their product. But no amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. The facts are absolutely clear: Eating meat is bad for human health, catastrophic for the environment, and a living nightmare for animals — Chrissie Hynde
If you visit the killing floor of a slaughterhouse, it will brand your soul for life. — Howard Lyman
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
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
Vegan Food Quotes
Vegan food is soul food in its truest form. Soul food means to feed the soul. And, to me, your soul is your intent. If your intent is pure, you are pure. — Erykah Badu
In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do. — Cesar Chavez
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
Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal. — Ingrid Newkirk
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
I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals. — Henry David Thoreau
The standard four food groups are based on American agricultural lobbies. Why do we have a milk group? Because we have a National Dairy Council. Why do we have a meat group? Because we have an extremely powerful meat lobby. — Marion Nestle
Absolutely fell in love with the idea and the power that the training and food has and can have over your life. — Martyn Ford
I’m a huge foodie, but I’m also very conscious about what I put in my body. — Hannah Bronfman
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
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
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
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
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
The world's strongest animals are plant eaters. Gorillas, Buffaloes, Elephants and me. — Patrik Baboumian
Adding chlorella and chlorophyll to your smoothie gives you the benefits of leafy greens in their most raw form. — Hannah Bronfman
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
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
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
I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain. — Thomas A. Edison
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
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
Vegetarian Health Quotes
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
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
If you step back and look at the data, the optimum amount of red meat you eat should be zero. — Walter Willett
Nobody really needs a mink coat... Except the mink. — Glenda Jackson
Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'? — Moby
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
Awareness is bad for the meat business. Conscience is bad for the meat business. Sensitivity to life is bad for the meat business. DENIAL, however, the meat business finds indispensable. — John Robbins
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
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
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
Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. — Nicola Sturgeon
It’s better to eat salty food and speak the truth than to eat vegetarian and tell lies. — Vietnamese Proverbs
Vegetarians have wicked, shifty eyes, and laugh in a cold calculating manner. They pinch little children, steal stamps, drink water, favor beards. — J. B. Morton
I'm not a vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian! — Bill Watterson
I did not climb to the top of the food chain to eat carrots. — Ron White
Having the USDA design your food pyramid is like having Al Capone do your taxes. — Caldwell Esselstyn
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
I didn’t invent the Taco, but I believe I improved it. — Glen Bell
Almond milk is a great source of omega fatty acids and fiber without being high in fat. — Hannah Bronfman
I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health, a vegan diet was the best decision. — Davey Havok
I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet. — Thomas Jefferson
If the vegan diet doesn’t work out for you, at least you can do something for animals – whether that’s the way you eat or the way you dress, everything helps, really. — Sadie Sink
I think there’s this misconception about vegans, that it’s impossible, and they’re crazy or whatever. But it’s not like that. You can be vegan and still be really chill. — Sadie Sink
Eating a vegetarian diet can contribute more to saving ourselves and the planet than any other single effort. — Sharon Gannon
I’ve always liked home-cooked meals. — Kawhi Leonard
Vegetarianism Quotes
I also became a vegetarian when I was 14 because I realized eating animals was cruel. — Julia Hill
Animals can't really voice their opinion. We feel as though we can be on of the spokespeople on their behalf. — River Phoenix
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
In fact, vegetarians have been reported to have more circulating AGEs than people who eat meat. — Max Lugavere
Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak. — Ted Nugent
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
Vegetarianism is a way of living consciously on the planet. — Amy Smart
Cruelty to animals can become violence to humans. — Ali MacGraw
In a burning building I would save a cat before a Rembrandt. — Alberto Giacometti
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
Veggies Quotes
Proper supplementation with B vitamins from natural sources like green leafy veggies and grass-fed meats aids in downregulating catacolamines, impacting anxiety incidence. — Gary Brecka
I make lots of casseroles that have protein, veggies, carbs and good fats all together. — Tori Spelling
When I'm sore, ice is my best friend. It really works. I take omega-3s every day, which helps with inflammation. And I try to eat things that won't inflame my joints, like fresh fruits and veggies, lean protein, and seafood. — Kerri Walsh
In my travels, I also noticed that kids in Thailand like spicy food, and kids in India love curry. I'm hoping to introduce my son, Hudson, to lots of veggies and spices when he's young. I say that before he's started on solid foods, so it could be easier in theory than practice! — Curtis Stone
There's so many vegetarian foods now that are available at the market . The same with drive-throughs. Now, a lot of them serve veggie burgers just like the restaurants are doing. So, it's really very easy. — Kevin Nealon
Flesh isn't the only source of protein. You can get all the protein you need from a varied plant-based diet. Protein is found in greens, veggies, beans, grains, nuts & seeds, avocados and so on. And there is no need to consume these foods in any special combination. — Sharon Gannon
Your body is incredible at 'detoxing'. It's called pooping & sweating. Best 'detox diet' = regular exercise, eating more veggies, fruit, healthy fats, lean meat, some grains and drinking more water. — Chris Mohr
My fatal flaw is hubris. The brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches? No, seaweed brain. That's hummus. Hubris is worse. What could be worse than hummus? — Rick Riordan
We cover hamburgers, chicken, veggie burgers, salads, we've got a pretty broad range. To me, McDonald's isn't only about the food. It's about the prices, it's about the way we eat. — Jim Cantalupo
I ain't no veggie, like my flesh to the bone, alive and licking on your ice cream cone. — Alice Cooper
Being Vegetarian Quotes
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
It almost seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore. — Albert Einstein
I've always been an animal lover. People should be made aware of all the issues. Some people think that the whole wearing-fur thing is glamorous, but you can look good without it. — Sadie Frost
Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it. — Doris Day
'Thou shalt not kill' does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings and this commandment was inscribed in the human breast long before it was proclaimed from Sinai. — Leo Tolstoy
You know, we all oppose animal cruelty. But sometimes we forget that animals on farms suffer and feel pain like all other animals. They, too, deserve to be protected from harm and cruelty. — Charlotte Ross
May all that have life be delivered from suffering. — Buddha
There will never be any peace in the world as long as we eat animals. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products were produced. — Peter Singer
For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day. — Evelyn Underhill
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. — Albert Einstein
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy. — Albert Schweitzer
We torture and kill two billion sentient living beings every week. 10,000 entire species are wiped out every year because of the actions of one, and we are now facing the sixth mass extinction in cosmological history. If any other organism did this, a biologist would consider them a virus. — Philip Wollen
Basically, the reason I'm vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years old, I began to understand that we don't need to contribute to the killing and exploitation of animals to feed our bodies correctly. — Daniel Johns
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
One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point of view. — Shel Silverstein
Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies...that which to us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself. — T. Casey Brennan
I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men. — Leonardo da Vinci
There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery. — Charles Darwin
I started with Bitcoin and I left Bitcoin not because I was pushed out… I left Bitcoin because there’s no way to use Bitcoin to do the things that I wanted to do. — Charles Hoskinson
I never really had a celebrity crush when I was little. I know some of my friends have posters up on their bedroom wall; I was never really about that. — Sadie Sink
I just can't get enough of the machinating and arguing about this supplement versus that supplement ... You shouldn't be having those arguments until you have your exercise house in order. You shouldn't be arguing about this nuance of your carnivore diet versus this nuance of your paleo diet versus this nuance of your vegan diet until you can deadlift your body weight for 10 reps. — Peter Attia
Bitcoin is the most compelling macro trade I’ve ever seen. — Raoul Pal
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