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“Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth. Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg. And Fox News is neither fair nor balanced. These are simple historical facts intelligible to all adults, most children, and some of your more discerning domesticated animals. But not... to Bill O”

Source: The Worst Person In the World: And 202 Strong Contenders

“God wanted man to know him somehow through his creatures, and since no creature could fittingly reflect the infinite perfection of the Creator, he multiplied his creatures and gave a certain goodness and perfection to each of them so that from them we could judge the goodness and perfection of the Creator, who embraces infinite perfection in the perfection of his one and utterly simple essence.”

Knows Men Wanted Certain Simple Animal Judging Creatures Goodness Perfection Essence Infinite Embrace Creator

Author:Robert Bellarmine

“In scripture God brings the animals to the human for naming. In that simple act the human is brought to recognize the particular personality and worth of each living creature. Too bad we forget so often.”

Humans Simple Forget Animal Particular Personality Creatures Scripture Living Creatures

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Zoocentrism is the primary fallacy of human sociobiology, for this view of human behavior rests on the argument that if the actions of "lower" animals with simple nervous systems arise as genetic products of natural selection, then human behavior should have a similar basis.”

“I love simple food. I like to serve the entire animal, not only because it somehow provokes a customer to think about it, but also because to honor of the animal that has been killed for us to eat, you have to eat the whole thing. It would be silly to just eat the chops and throw everything else away.”

Thinking Has Beens Whole Would Be Simple Animal Food Honor Customers Silly Provoking Being Silly Simple Food

Author:Mario Batali

“But Time, unfortunately, though it makes animals and vegetables bloom and fade with amazing punctuality has no such simple effect upon the mind of man.”

Men Mind Simple Animal Effects Vegetables Fades Punctuality

Book:Orlando: A Biography

Source: Orlando: A Biography

“Like so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that there was no such animal as 'social drinking' for me; that it had nothing to do with my willpower or self-respect or moral fiber, that it was a simple biochemical intolerance to a drug.”

Long Self Social Simple Animal Moral Drug Drinking Self Respect This Day Intolerance Willpower Alcoholism Alcoholics Fiber Bewildered Moral Fiber

Book:The Quality of Mercy

Source: The Quality of Mercy

“If price spikes don't change eating habits, perhaps the combination of deforestation, pollution, climate change, starvation, heart disease and animal cruelty will gradually encourage the simple daily act of eating more plants and fewer animals.”

Source: A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming, and more

“When you see someone dying in front of you from a direct and simple cause, it's easier to deal with [that] than famine or drought or a more indirect cause. It's overwhelming and frightening and kind of distant, but we do see it every day with plants and animals and species dying.”

Kind Causes Simple Animal Deals Dying Fronts Easier Direct Plant Species Overwhelming Frightening Famine Drought Indirect Plants And Animals Someone Dying

Author:John H Richardson

“At last gleams of light have come, and I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable. Heaven forfend me from Lamarck nonsense of a 'tendency to progression', 'adaptations from the slow willing of animals', &c! But the conclusions I am led to are not widely different from his; though the means of change are wholly so. I think I have found out (here's presumption!) the simple way by which species become exquisitely adapted to various ends.”

Source: Charles Darwin's Works: The life and letters of Charles Darwin... ed. by his son, Francis Darwin. 2v

“Every time you go to the zoo, you prolong the captivity of the animals there! If no one goes to the zoos, there will be no zoos! Destroying the evil is very simple and it is in your hand!”

Ifs Hands Evil Simple Animal Destroying Zoos Captivity

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.”

Real Simple Animal Saving Alternatives Fur Synthetic Saving Animals

Author:Natalie Imbruglia

“I first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food.”

Firsts Made Simple Animal Week Couple Argument Instinct Response Nine Radical Vegetarian Great Change Babysitter

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.”

Hands Used Simple Animal Tools Machines Moved Steam

Book:An Essay on General Principles which regulate the Application of Machinery to Manufactures

Source: An Essay on General Principles which regulate the Application of Machinery to Manufactures

“If you respect or love animals you could never eat them. It's that simple”

Ifs Simple Animal Animal Love

Author:Steven Morrissey