“It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can't people say what they mean at the time?” PeopleHeartMeanMadePiecesMy HeartBrokeBroke My Heart Book:Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
“I kept thinking how they were all names of dead people, and how names are basically the only thing dead people keep.” PeopleThinkingNamesDead People Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“The UN special envoy on food called it a 'crime against humanity' to funnel 100 million tons of grain and corn to ethanol when almost a billion people are starving. So what kind of crime is animal agriculture, which uses 756 million tons of grain and corn per year, much more than enough to adequately feed the 1.4 billion human who are living in dire poverty?” PeopleYearsHumansKindEnoughUseHumanityAnimalPovertyMillionsSpecialCrimeBillionsGrainAgricultureStarvingCornCrimes Against HumanityEthanolAnimal Agriculture Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“I'm not better than anyone, and I'm not trying to convince people to live by my standards of what's right. I'm trying to convince them to live by their own.” PeopleTryingStandardsConvinceLive By Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“Why are entire flocks of industrial birds dying at once? And what about the people eating those birds? Just the other day, one of the local pediatricians was telling me he's seeing all kinds of illnesses that he never used to see. Not only juvenile diabetes, but inflammatory and autoimmune diseases that a lot of the docs don't even know what to call. And girls are going through puberty much earlier; and kids are allergic to just about everything, and asthma is out of control. Everyone knows it's our foods... Kids today are the first generation to grow up on this stuff.” PeopleKnowsFirstsKindKidsTodayUsedGirlGrowsStuffGrowing UpSeeingGenerationsDyingDiseaseEatingBirdIllnessLocalsAll KindsFlocksDiabetesPubertyJuvenileAllergicAsthmaPediatricianAutoimmune DiseaseJuvenile Diabetes Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.” PeopleBookRealAssumingMeetingsDisappointmentReal LifeInevitableFunny People Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingEndsLonelinessSmartGood Writers Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“It seems entirely possible to me that horrible things can be going on without us becoming horrible people.” PeopleSeemsBecomingHorribleHorrible Things Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“People don’t care enough. They don’t get worked up enough. They don’t get angry enough. They don’t get passionate enough. I’d rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.” PeopleEnoughCareHateAngryPassionateDon't CareIndifferent Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“Few people sufficiently appreciate the colossal task of feeding a world of billions of omnivores who demand meat with their potatoes.” PeopleWorldDemandAppreciateTasksBillionsMeatFeedingPotatoesColossal Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“The more exposure people have to the realities of factory farming, the more we will see people rejecting it. It's already happening.” PeopleRealityHappeningsFactoriesExposureFarmingRejectingFactory Farming Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.” PeopleWellsHelpingReadingConcernedMy FamilySpendingWorriedAccomplishmentMy TimeSpending Time Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don't care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it's like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.” PeopleCareAnimalExerciseResourcesStrongerDon't CareCaringMusclesWho CaresFiniteExclusion Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“Look, taste is clearly the crudest of our senses: this is scientifically, objectively factual. It is less nuanced. Eyesight is extraordinary - hearing, touch. I find people who devote their whole lives to taste a little strange.” PeopleLooksLittlesWholeStrangeTasteExtraordinaryHearingWhole LifeSensesFactualEyesight Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.” PeopleMeanLinesPowerfulPayFrontsPleaseTasteLimitsAttractionMeatNow And ThenBrushesSkip Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
