Veggie Quotes
Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsIt is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.
Albert EinsteinNothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
Physicist, 1921 Nobel Prize recipient
Albert EinsteinIt is my view that a vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.
Physicist, 1921 Nobel Prize recipient
Albert SchweitzerUntil he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer, M.D.There slowly grew up in me an unshakable conviction that we have no right to inflict suffering and death on another living creature, unless there is some unavoidable necessity for it.
Alsatian philosopher and medical missionary, 1952 Nobel prize recipient, (1875-1965)
American Institute for Cancer Research"Basing our diets on plant foods (like vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes such as beans), which contain fiber and other nutrients, can reduce our risk of cancer."
Ben KenneyI was watching an HBO special on eating habits and different cultures, and they showed in China how people eat cats ... I happened to be sitting on the couch with my cat, and once I saw that, it just put everything in perspective.
Benjamin FranklinMy refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.
American statesman, inventor, (1706-1790)
Benjamin Spock, M.D.When I was 88 years old, I gave up meat entirely and switched to a plant foods diet following a slight stroke. During the following months, I not only lost 50 pounds, but gained strength in my legs and picked up stamina. Now, at age 93, I'm on the same plant-based diet, and I still don't eat any meat or dairy products. I either swim, walk, or paddle a canoe daily and I feel the best I've felt since my heart problems began.
The famous Dr. Spock pediatrician and author, (1903-1998)
Cloris LeachmanAs soon as I realized that I didn't need meat to survive or to be in good health, I began to see how forlorn it all is. If only we had a different mentality about the drama of the cowboy and the range and all the rest of it. It's a very romantic notion, an entrenched part of American culture, but I've seen, for example, pigs waiting to be slaughtered, and their hysteria and panic was something I shall never forget.