"Factory farming isn't just killing: It is negation, a complete denial of the animal as a living being with his or her own needs and nature. It is not the worst evil we can do, but it is the worst evil we can do to them."

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Source : Matthew Scully (2011). “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy”, p.289, Souvenir Press

Matthew Scully

#Animal Quotes #Evil Quotes #Needs Quotes

“You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself”
“Since the soul in me is dead, Better save the skin.”
“I keep thinking about a tale my nurse used to read to me about a bird whose wings are pinned to the ground. In the end, when he finally frees himself, he flies so high he becomes a star. My nurse said the story was about how we all have something that keeps us down.”

Source : Shannon Hale (2010). “Princess Academy”, p.173, A&C Black
“What men deny is not God, but some preposterous idol of the imagination.”

Source : George Tyrrell (1912). “Life of George Tyrrell from 1884 to 1909”
“When you realize who you live for, and who's important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I'm gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it - and I lived it for me.”
“Me being biracial, me being from Canada but having success in the States, I have all these moments in my life where I'm jumping roof to roof. Black to white. Singing and rapping.”
“It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others; it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves; it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory; it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in due order within the bounds of reason and religion, because this is empire.”
“Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals.”

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