Best 118 quotes in «vegetarian quotes» category

Two friends are ordering lunch. One says, 'I'm in the mood for a burger,' and orders it. The other says, 'I'm in the mood for a burger,' but remembers that there are things more important to him than what he is in the mood for at any given moment, and orders something else. Who is the sentimentalist?

This is why militarism is a feminist issue, why rape is an environmental issue, why environmental destruction is a peace issue.

What if there were health food stores on every corner in the hood, instead of liquor stores!?

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.

Vegetarians and especially vegans have a significantly lower prevalence of obesity than meat eaters. Differences in macronutrient intakes (protein, fat, carbohydrate, dietary fibre, sugars, alcohol) accounted for about half the difference in mean body mass index (BMI) between vegans and meat eaters.

vegetarians and vegans had significantly lower mortality than regular meat eaters for pancreatic cancer and digestive diseases, and fish eaters had significantly lower colorectal cancer mortality than regular meat eaters (Supplemental Table 2). Further adjustment for BMI left these associations largely unchanged.

Wellness Salute!

We strive for a world where every earthling has the right to live and grow. That's why we don't eat animals.

Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.

Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer.

Who are we to say dogs and cats have more rights than cows and pigs. They're all conscious. They feel the same. They hurt the same. God help us understand!

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.

Your body is a Temple. You are what you eat. Do not eat processed food, junk foods, filth, or disease carrying food, animals, or rodents. Some people say of these foods, 'well, it tastes good'. Most of the foods today that statically cause sickness, cancer, and disease ALL TATSE GOOD; it's well seasoned and prepared poison. THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SICK; mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually; because of being hooked to the 'taste' of poison, instead of being hooked on the truth and to real foods that heal and provide you with good health and wellness. Respect and honor your Temple- and it will honor you.

If a kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming, they would never touch meat again.

A reduction in meat consumption is the most powerful single act that you can take to halt the destruction of our environment and preserve our natural resources.

Caesar's armies marched on vegetarian foods.

I am almost a vegetarian, and I meditate, do yoga and love to hike.

I can’t be sure, of course, but I’d compare it to living on tofu and soy milk; we call ourselves vegetarians, our little inside joke. - Edward Cullen

I decline to go fox hunting.

I don't like slugs and tentacles and calamari or anything. Actually, tentacles made me turn into a vegetarian in high school. I'm not anymore, but in high school, we were dissecting squid.

But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.

Even if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence

Having the USDA design your food pyramid is like having Al Capone do your taxes.

I adore shooting photographs. It's like being a hunter. But some hunters are vegetarians - which is my relationship to photography.

I decided to pick the diet that I thought would maximize my chances of long-term survival.

If we each had to butcher our own meat, there would be a great increase in the number of vegetarians.

If man is able to live healthily as a vegetarian but chooses not to be one, then man is guilty of eating meat!

If we understand and feel that the greatest act of devotion and worship to God is not to harm any of His beings, we are loving God.

I grew up in Texas, eating meat five times a day, and I liked meat. But I began being a vegetarian when I was 19 because I found that I felt better.

If you're a progressive, if you're driving a Prius, or you're shopping green or you're looking for organic, you should probably be a semi-vegetarian.

If you've got any concern at all about animal welfare, you've got to not eat meat.

I'm a vegetarian. You're a what? I don't eat meat. How can you not eat meat? I just don't. He says he does not eat meat. What? No meat? No meat. Steak? No... Chickens! No... And what about the sausage? No, no sausage, no meat! He says he does not eat any meat. Not even sausage? I know! What is wrong with him? What is wrong with you? Nothing, I just don't eat meat!

I have always eaten animal flesh with a somewhat guilty conscience.

I'm a vegetarian, I'm not strict. I eat fish. And duck, but they're nearly fish aren't they.

I had a good few years where I was a little wild and off the leash. I don't really partake in drugs any more. I occasionally have a little dabble, very occasionally. I have no specific health routine. I'm vegetarian, my wife's nearly 20 years younger than me, good luck, good genes, sunshine.

I have known many meat eaters to be far more nonviolent than vegetarians.

The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin B and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement.

I'm into yoga, I meditate all the time, I'm vegetarian.

I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger.

In a burning building I would save a cat before a Rembrandt.

I've been vegan for about 10 and a half years. It's been all good. I'm obviously much healthier

I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures.

I was raised really, really healthy, pretty much vegetarian and a very clean lifestyle, I don't smoke, I don't drink. I'm more addicted to the things that make me feel good - endorphins after working out.

Managing wildlife? It's wild! It don't need managing, leave it alone.

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.

Science that fails to embrace all living beings is far more dangerous than any virus!

The closer you can live to being a vegetarian the better.

The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal.

There's a lot of evidence that fruits and vegetables are beneficial for reducing the risk of stroke.

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.