James Marcus famous quotes

Some say vegetarianism is an alternative diet, but it is the original diet, the plan designed by God.
-- James Marcus

#Vegetarianism #Alternatives #Vegetarian

GREAT SECRET Whenever I’m learning something difficult, I keep expectations low, and aspirations high.
-- James Marcus

#Expectations #Secret #Lows

Spaying is a compromise in terms of reverence for life, but perhaps a necessary one in a society which kills millions of dogs and cats a year in "animal shelters".
-- James Marcus

#Dog #Cat #Animal

GREAT SECRET Whenever I’m learning something difficult, I keep expectations low, and aspirations high.
-- James Marcus

#Expectations #Secret #Lows

Like his admirer Samuel Beckett, Johnson locates his voices among conditions of such deprivation that even the most miserable memories are gilded by comparison: this paradox fuels equal parts of comedy and pathos. Never sentimental, at once corrosive and elegiac, House Mother Normal is a remarkable achievement.
-- James Marcus

#Mother #Memories #Voice

I have an animal friendly Bible.
-- James Marcus

#Animal #Friendly

I'm good with machines. I know where to scratch, pet, and tickle them.
-- James Marcus

#Pet #Scratches #Machines

Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice: Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for animals. Do it for the environment and do it for your health.

Vegetarianism is a way of living consciously on the planet.

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

Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness for squeamishness.

I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health, a vegan diet was the best decision.

The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.

American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.

Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.

Right afterward I read Fast Food Nation. That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.

I'm not a vegetarian.