Dana Snyder Quotes

I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with - dogs and cats, for example - from the animals on my plate, and I never really cared for the taste of meat. I always loved my Brussels sprouts.

I couldn't kill a chicken, I couldn't kill a cow - I was a vegetarian too at that time - so I thought, well what is there that I could kill? I couldn't kill this and I couldn't kill that.

When I was 12, I first made the decision to go vegetarian after a co-star's line 'I don't eat anything with a face' suddenly shocked me into reality.

Vegetarianism is the best way of expressing love for animals.

Being a vegetarian really saves lives.

At this point, I wouldn't be able to digest meat, and I don't like eating things with faces.

I'm not a vegetarian. But I think people who are vegetarians, they are actually more virtuous than the rest of us. I think they should be admired.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

Even as a child, I felt very guilty about eating animals and never knew that there was something to do about it. And as I got older, it became clearer that there are things that I can do and choices I can make.

I like animals, all animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog - or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian.

You can't record an album called 'Meat Is Murder' and slip out for a burger.

I became a vegetarian at age 13 because I was into animal issues and felt like it was kinder not to eat animals.

The way I eat is a heavy statement on my belief system. I eat cruelty-free. It is my way of being able to take a stand against doing harm to any living creature.

Of course black lives matter. All lives matter. I stopped eating meat because their lives matter to me. I don't think it's necessary for us to grow a cow to kill it.

I know that as a vegan, I'm in a minority. People love their meat. It's up there with sugar and TV and maybe even coffee on the list of inalienable American rights.

I think vegetarianism is a crucial ethical choice for an individual and a society.

A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children.

I'm not telling people to go vegan overnight.

You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons.

Dia de Los Muertos is a holiday that pays tribute to the dead and also celebrates life. So I thought, what better of an idea to bring it in with PETA and let people know how we can respect the living and the dead. Going vegetarian could be an incredible option for people if they would just educate themselves.

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture.

I didn't think I'd ever eat pork; it just does not appeal to me.

I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.

But I'm also a vegetarian so there's another factor I guess.

Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.