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Vegetarianism

"Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth"
Ambrose Bierce,

"My situation is a solemn one. Life is offered to me on condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will contains directions for my funeral, which will be followed not by mourning coaches, but by oxen, sheep, flocks of poultry, and a small traveling aquarium of live fish, all wearing white scarfs in honor of the man who perished rather than eat his fellow creatures"
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

"Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends"
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

"Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay"
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

"You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car"
Harvey Diamond,

"In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death - even vegetarians"
Mr. Spock,

"The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of "real food for real people" you'd better live real close to a real good hospital."
Neal Barnard,

"If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian."
Paul McCartney,

"For the most part, we carnivores do not eat other carnivores. We prefer to eat our vegetarian friends"
Robert Brault,

"Vegetarianism is harmless enough though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness"
Robert Hutchison,

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