The smallest form of life, even an ant or a clam, is equal to a human being

Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal.

It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.

I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front].

I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand of them, sometimes dozens every day.

When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.

A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They're all animals.

Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by.

Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation.

Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses.

Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.

If you value your relationship or friendship, your ego won't stand in the way of a meaningful apology.

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.

The place was so British, I wouldn't have been surprised if the mice wore monocles.

I think that deep in our hearts we know that our comforts, our conveniences are at the expense of other people.

Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not knowing. And we are pretty much always making assumptions.

We swallowed a few bites-not to much scince the food of the gods can burn you to ashes is you overindulge. I guess thats why you don't see many fat gods

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The U.S. Geological Survey has told me that the proven potential for oil in Alaska alone is greater than the proven reserves in Saudi Arabia.

Fitzcarraldo is that metonymic character that's unwilling to give up on his dreams. Meeting Walter was the point in which all of these dreams coalesced into a very real person with a very real story.

There's always going to be somebody worse off than me