29 quotes found
“Embrace compassion without exception.”
“I want to find a way of speaking to fellow human beings that will be cool rather than heated, philosophical rather than polemical, that will bring enlightenment rather than seeking to divide us int...”
“Unnecessary violence against animals is a heinous crime. Be a voice for those who do not have one.”
“Life is as precious to us as it is for an animal. An animal is as loving, caring, and kind to her children as we are. She might not be able to tell us but she can express it through her eyes and ex...”
“The lamb misused breeds public strifeAnd yet forgives the butcher's knife.”
“I remember one bobcat they had in here - now bobcats are an endangered species in this neck of the woods - they'd caught it somewhere and they must have put that cat through a dozen rounds of burn ...”
“Tom watched with his arms folded as the life that had been within Kobe died out, and the fire continued.”
“Saturday evening, on a quiet lazy afternoon, I went to watch a bullfight in Las Ventas, one of Madrid's most famous bullrings. I went there out of curiosity. I had long been haunted by the image of...”
“It should be noted, as with so many legends and popularly accepted truths created out of political motivation: There, in fact, is no evidence that the hundreds of murders historically attributed to...”
“You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.”
“Meat may taste good, but the guilt of eating it tastes far worse.”
“This for many people is what is most offensive about huntingto some, disgusting: that it encourages, or allows, us not only to kill but to take a certain pleasure in killing. It's not as though the...”
“Roaches should never trust humans. Were all doomed.”
“Scientific studies and government records suggest that virtually all (upwards of 95 percent of) chickens become infected with E. coli (an indicator of fecal contamination) and between 39 and 75 per...”
“The Americans were understandably on hair triggers. There was a good reason for all of this security. For despite TV images of quick victory, much of Baghdad certainly had not fallen and firefights...”
“It shouldn't be the consumer's responsibility to figure out what's cruel and what's kind, what's environmentally destructive and what's sustainable. Cruel and destructive food products should be il...”
“If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume...”
“Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: theyre only animals.”
“Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental testconsists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.”
“In a country where even humans are treated brutally, animals must be in a totally desperate condition!”
