John Cleese Quotes

I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.

The nature of human beings is to eat meat and fruits and vegetables, and therefore we have to kill animals. I don't have a problem with that. But it's a sacred moment. It's a gift of life.

In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering.

I eat meat, the rarer the better.

If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

Understand, when you eat meat, that something did die. You have an obligation to value it - not just the sirloin but also all those wonderful tough little bits.

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.

There really is no ethical difference between eating a cat or a chicken, a dog or a pig.

I believe if you're prepared to kill the animal, you're allowed to eat it.

Everybody thinks people who promote PETA don't eat meat, but I think animals were made to be eaten.

I think if you're against cruelty and you look at what happens to animals in slaughterhouses and on factory farms, you have to be completely against eating meat.

I don't think that eating bones is necessarily gruesome unless you're a vegetarian.

The people of the future will say, meat-eaters in disgust and regard us in the same way that we regard cannibals and cannibalism.

I'll quit eating meat when you get a cow out here to beat me at a poetry slam. Only so many words rhyme with 'Mooo.' I mean, yes, we're supposed to be better stewards; yes, we're supposed to take care of the earth; yes, we're supposed to honor the sacrifices made by the animals; yes yes yes yes yes, but dammit, we're in charge, and you know why? It's because of these [holding out thumbs]...Maybe you think that carrots are less important than cows. I think they're equal, especially in a sauce.

Thousands of people who say they "love" animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terror of the abattoirs...

As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be removed.

To eat steak rare... represents both a nature and a morality.

You can't really call yourself an environmentalist if you're still consuming animals. You just can't.

It occurred to me that I just didn't see how I could go ahead and continue to eat meat. It just seemed so... cannibalistic to me. And so, I'm a vegetarian, and I have been ever since.

Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat.

For years, I've felt an obligation to harvest an animal, since all my life I've so mindlessly consumed them. But that was from the safety of my desk.

I like animals, I really do, but some animals are just meant to be eaten.

Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember to remove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking.