We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. —William R. Inge More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nobody seems more obsessed by diet than our anti-materialistic, otherworldly, New Age spiritual types. But if the material world is merely illusion, an honest guru should be as content with Budweiser and bratwurst as with raw carrot juice, tofu, and seaweed slime. —Edward Abbey More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sir J. M. Barrie was sitting next to George Bernard Shaw at a dinner party. The vegetarian Shaw had been provided with a special dish of salad greens and dressing. Eyeing the unpleasant-looking concoction, Barrie whispered to Shaw, "Tell me, have you eaten that, or are you going to? —Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. —English proverb More about this quote Tags: death eating moderation appetites Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A McDonald's "Breakfast for Under a Dollar" actually costs much more than that. You have to factor in the cost of coronary bypass surgery. —George Carlin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can travel fifty thousand miles in America without once tasting a piece of good bread. —Henry Miller More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food, and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it. —Andy Rooney More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still for once on the face of the earth, let's not speak in any language; let's stop for a second, and not move our arms so much. —Pablo Neruda More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I dare say anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshiped. —Iris Murdoch More about this quote Tags: love worship sincerity holiness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself, and never mind the rest. —Beatrix Potter More about this quote Tags: religion work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I believe in the incomprehensibility of God. —Honoré de Balzac More about this quote Tags: understanding God incomprehensibility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne. —Kurt Vonnegut More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe. —Peter De Vries More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are many, many gates to the sacred, and they are as wide as we need them to be. —Sherry Ruth Anderson and Patricia Hopkins More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email