Dirk Benedict Quotes

I did Lassie for six years and I never had anybody come up to me and say, 'It made me want to be a farmer.'

But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.

I don't eat or wear animals, but I never tell people not to - that's just my view.

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

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.

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

You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.

I just don't like killing creatures.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel.

Animals were my pets, and the thought of eating my pets freaked me out.

I love animals, and I feel more of a connection to animals than people.

We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.

I have four dogs, four horses, a cat, and a bunch of wild frogs.

If you love animals, please don't eat them.

I'm a vegetarian - I think there's a strong possibility, had I not become a vegetarian, I would not be working now. I became a vegetarian about 25 years ago, and I did it out of concern for animals. But I immediately began having more energy and feeling better.

I'm not Ted Nugent. My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. I would never hunt. I would never wear fur. I would never go to a bullfight. I'm not really a meat and potatoes guy.

Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.

My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just don't know how I would have lived without animals around me. I'm fascinated by them - both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me, and it's made such a difference in my lifetime.

I love dogs, horses and generally all animals.

I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

It is common talk that every individual is entitled to economic security. The only animals and birds I know that have economic security are those that have been domesticated--and the economic security they have is controlled by the barbed-wire fence, the butcher's knife and the desire of others. They are milked, skinned, egged or eaten up by their protectors.

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

I'm totally pro-porg! I would not eat a porg. They're so cute; you can't eat them. They're friends!

We like horses and we like dogs and we like to be in the midst of agriculture.