Quotes About Veganism

If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated.

Vegans plant goodwill.

Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal.

We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.

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.

You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.

There was also the issue of his hygiene. He was still convinced, against all evidence, that his vegan diets meant that he didn't need to use a deodorant or take regular showers. "We would have to literally put him out the door and tell him to go take a shower," said Markkula. "At meetings we had to look at his dirty feet." Sometimes, to relieve stress, he would soak his feet in the toilet, a practice that was not as soothing for his colleagues.

I eat everything that nature voluntarily gives: fruits, vegetables, and the products of plants. But I ask you to spare me what animals are forced to surrender: meat, milk, and cheese.

Ninety percent of the people who come to my stores have no idea I don't work with leather.

Quella che chiamiamo eufemisticamente "carne" sono in verità pezzi di cadaveri, di animali morti, morti ammazzati. Perché fare del proprio stomaco un cimitero?

It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.

People should try eating no animal products for just one day a week.

I'm an animal activist. Many people say that I'm a hypocrite, because I eat burgers and stuff like that but I won't wear fur. But I'm not a hypocrite. I just only wear fake fur.

Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species.

I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other....

vegetarianism is the taproot of humanitarianism.

One day, I just thought, if you see a bird with a broken leg, you really have the urge to do something about it and help the bird. Then, at the same time, you go to a restaurant and eat a chicken or something. It doesn't make any sense.

Berry says, I dislike the thought that some animal has been made miserable in order to feed me

I make sure I eat before I go anywhere just in case they don't have a vegan-friendly option.

The only way to make lasting change is to enlighten humans that they should treat all creatures with respect. They shouldn't eat them, steal their skin and fur, force them to do tricks for entertainment, and so on.

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

I am involved in Greenpeace. And I just recently completely switched my diet over to near-veganism. So you try to do little things that you can. I recycle every single day. Every single thing in my house that can be recycled is.

There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet.

I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.