“I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.” ThinkingNamesAnimalCompassionSacrificeDegrade Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“Growing up on a farm taught me a reverence for all forms of life. We were a large and poor farm family, so that meant that we had to kill and eat our animal friends. When you do that you are aware of the sacrifice that someone is making so that you may live. My mother always made sure we were thankful for those precious gifts.” MayMadeFormMotherAnimalPoorGrowing UpGrowingSacrificeAtheismTaughtPositive AtheismFarmsReverencePrecious GiftsAnimal Friends Author:Roger Fouts
“We do ritualistic animal sacrifice. We host orgies on our trampoline, every other Sunday. You didn't get our Twitter feed on that? I'm really sorry! And then, every once in awhile, we run through the city and drain people and drink their blood. It's really very romantic.” PeopleRunningAnimalCitiesSacrificeBloodDrinkSorrySundayHostDrainsVery RomanticTrampolines Author:Anna Paquin
“Fire had an almost magical quality that suggested anything was possible. Early on, man even believed that fire was a god that had to be fed with animal sacrifices in order to burn brightly. Today we have evolved a long way from this ridiculous notion of a 'fire god' and now rightfully understand God to be a bearded being who lives amongst the clouds and hates Jews and homosexuals.” MenWayLongGodTodayHateOrderAnimalQualityFireSacrificeNotionCloudsJewRidiculousFedsHomosexualLong Way Author:Amy Sedaris
“Animals die even if you eat vegetables. That is the nature of farming. There is a certain sacrifice involved.” IfsCertainDiesAnimalSacrificeInvolvedVegetablesFarming Author:Michael Pollan
“Labor came to humanity with the fall from grace and was at best a penitential sacrifice enabling purity through humiliation. Laborwas toil, distress, trouble, fatigue--an exertion both painful and compulsory. Labor was our animal condition, struggling to survive in dirt and darkness.” HumanityFallAnimalDarknessStruggleGraceTroubleSacrificeConditionsLaborPainfulPurityDirtDistressToilHumiliationFatigueEnablingExertionCompulsoryStruggling To SurviveFalls From Grace Author:Shoshana Zuboff
“I find it very annoying that so many animal advocates talk about the difficulty of being vegan. Many animal advocates are inclined to make the issue their suffering and not the animals' suffering, and I suppose that accounts for part of the reason that veganism is portrayed as such a "sacrifice." And many animal advocates are not vegans, or are "flexible vegans," which means that they do not observe veganism at all or not consistently, and emphasizing the supposed difficulty of veganism is part of justifying their own behavior.” MeanReasonSufferingAnimalIssuesSacrificeBehaviorAccountsDifficultyVeganAnnoyingConsistentlyFlexibleVeganismAnimal Suffering Author:Gary L. Francione
“In most musical instruments the resonator is made of wood while the actual sound generator is of animal origin. In cultures where music is still used as a magical force, the making of an instrument always involves the sacrifice of a living being. That being's soul then becomes part of the instrument and in the tones that come forth, the 'singing dead,' who are ever present with us, make themselves heard.” MadeStillsSoulUsedCultureForceSoundAnimalHeardSacrificeMusic IsSingingInstrumentsMusicalWoodsToneMusical InstrumentsGenerator Author:Joscelyn Godwin
“When I was an animal I evolved through selfishness. Now that I am a man my evolution can be achieved only through self-sacrifice.” MenSelfAnimalSacrificeEvolutionSelfishnessSelf Sacrifice Book:Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life Source: Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life
“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.” ThinkingKnowsMeanMadeImportantCareEarthAnimalSacrificeHonorEqualEatingBeatsTake CareQuittingSupposed To BeMeatCowsRhymeThumbsSauceSlamCarrotsStewardsEating Meat Author:Sherman Alexie
“In the midst of all the candy and commercialism, let's not lose sight of the true meaning of Halloween: tree worship and animal sacrifice.” LosesAnimalSacrificeTreeWorshipSightMidstHalloweenCandyTrue MeaningCommercialism Author:Dana Gould