Some people say they love animals and yet harm them nonetheless; I'm glad those people don't love me.

All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect, without forced intrusions.

Although other animals may be different from us, this does not make them LESS than us

Often, the greater our ignorance about something, the greater our resistance to change.

Make ethical choices in what we buy, do, and watch. In a consumer-driven society our individual choices, used collectively for the good of animals and nature, can change the world faster than laws.

Animals are not property or "things" but rather living organisms, subjects of a life, who are worthy of our compassion, respect, friendship, and support.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

Humans are a part of nature, not apart from nature.

Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live.

These enthusiasts often like to hang signs that say "Gone Fishin'" or "Gone Huntin'". But what these slogans really mean is "Gone Killing.

It's bad biology to rob nonhuman animals of their emotional lives.

Time is all we have. Love is all we need.

And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.

I try to cook more now so I can control my diet and what I ingest.

The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.

I'm a kid for a living: I get to play the piano for a living.

Ambition and suspicion always go together.

One great flaw in the reforming passion is that in its eagerness to remedy social wrongs it tends to neglect, certainly to undervalue, the experience of those whose lives it wishes to improve.

Never speak words that allow the enemy to think he's winning.

ISIS and Iran have declared war on America, and we need a commander in chief who will do everything necessary to keep our children safe.