Vegetarian Quotes

I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants. (A. Whitney Brown)
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. View quote
Paul McCartney
I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens. View quote
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers? View quote
George Carlin
I do not say that one who is vegetarian is full of compassion and one who is not, is otherwise. We sometimes find people, who are vegetarians, are very bad people. View quote
Morarji Desai
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. View quote
Albert Einstein
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficiallyinfluence the lot of mankind. View quote
Albert Einstein
I like animals, all animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog-or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian. View quote
Peter Dinklage
If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian. View quote
Linda McCartney
Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will become a vegetarian. View quote
Heywood Broun
The vegetarian movement is an ancient movement and is not quite a modern one. (Morarji Desai)
One has got to choose between the two evils, also between the lesser of the two evils in the matter of food, and therefore vegetarian food has got to be taken by man in order to sustain human life. View quote
Morarji Desai
I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight. View quote
Rita Rudner
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we (humans) do. View quote
Cesar Chavez
You can be vegetarian and eat fish. Its your choice, just say: I am what I am. There are no hardcore divisions anymore. View quote
Yotam Ottolenghi
Sure! Why should any experts be the arbiters... That's like telling someone they can't be a vegetarian. View quote
Virginia Johnson
I am vegetarian, so I don't have clothes, shoes or bags made from leather or suede or any animal products. Shoes are hard to find. These are fake Uggs. And I've got a pair of vintage boots, which are PVC. View quote
Leona Lewis
Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine, people I have never discussed vegetarianism with, are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it. View quote
Joaquin Phoenix
Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of the world, to keep oneself pure and so without responsibility for the cruelty and carnage all around. Becoming a vegetarian is a highly practical and effective step one can take toward ending both the killing of nonhuman animals and the infliction of suffering upon them. View quote
Peter Singer
By eating meat we share responsibility for causing climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian can make a difference in the health of our planet. View quote
Nhat Hanh
Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create enough determination for action. (Nhat Hanh)
My name is Ellen and I'm a vegetarian. Just to add another label to me: I am a lesbian, aquarian and vegetarian. I've said it... View quote
Ellen DeGeneres
I think a strict vegetarian diet acts as a good cleansing program for people who come from a diet heavy in animal foods and processed foods. But for some people, when it goes on too long it seems to backfire. View quote
Ann Louise Gittleman
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. View quote
Nicholas Stern
Meat!" he said scornfully. "I'm a vegetarian." You eat cheese enchiladas and aluminum cans," I reminded him. Those are vegetables. View quote
Rick Riordan