What you could say, and what I do argue in the book, is that he doesn't have as much concern for the lives of Iraqis as he does for the lives of Americans, or even frozen American embryos.

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.

If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?

We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

Becoming a vegan is a sure way of completely avoiding participation in the abuse of farmed animals. Vegans are a living demonstration of the fact that we do not need to exploit animals for food.

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.

Killing a defective infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Sometimes it is not wrong at all.

Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.

Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products were produced.

Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion.

Any old place I can hang my hat is home sweet home to me.

Manage by objectives. Tell people exactly what you want them to do and then get out of their way.

I don't want to pass because I can't stand insincerities and shams. I am just as much Negro as any of the others identified with the race.

No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered.

You can say that strikers are very much like postmen: they have to get in and out as quick as they can before the dog starts to have a go.

That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.

That's all an angel is....an idea of God.

Clark Gable once said to me, "'Acting school?' [If you go,] I'll kill ya!"

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

I feel like I am always the one tearing everything up and forever sewing it back together.