"Eating Animals" Quotes
The author explores the ethical, environmental, and health implications of eating animals, examining the complex and often uncomfortable truth behind our food choices.
nonfiction | 341 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
We can't plead ignorance, only indifference. Those alive today are the generations that came to know better. We have the burden and the opportunity of living in the moment when the critique of factory farming broke into the popular consciousness.
For whatever reason, we want to witness the moment when our own private choices become a pressing public concern.
When it comes to eating animals, the only thing that matters is the reality of their lives.
Isn't it strange how upset people get about a few dozen baseball players taking growth hormones, when we're doing what we're doing to our food animals and feeding them to our children?
The more I learn about factory farming, the more I'm convinced that it is one of the cruelest and most inhumane practices of our time.
Humans are the only hunters who hope the prey will escape.
There are few foods that evoke as much passion as cheese.
We have the right to know what we're eating and how it was raised.
We have to create culture, don't watch TV, don't read magazines, don't even listen to NPR. Create your own roadshow.
Eating with the fullest pleasure - pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance - is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world.
