“Some people just wanted to blow it all to hell, animal, vegetable and mineral. They wanted a Vietnam they could fit into their car ashtrays.” PeopleWantedAnimalHellCarFitBlowVietnamVegetablesMineralsAshtrays Book:Dispatches Source: Dispatches
“This is a message to all those out there who think that you need animal products to be fit and strong. Almost two years after becoming vegan I am stronger than ever before and I am still improving day by day. Don't listen to those self proclaimed nutrition gurus and the supplement industry trying to tell you that you need meat, eggs and dairy to get enough protein. There are plenty of plant-based protein sources and your body is going to thank you for stopping feeding it with dead-food. Go vegan and feel the power!” ThinkingNeedsFeelsTryingYearsStillsTwoSelfEnoughBodyStrongAnimalProductsSourceIndustryBecomingFitMessagesStrongerPlantYour BodyPlentyMeatTwo YearsEggsVeganNutritionImprovingStoppingFeedingGuruProteinSupplementsDairyI Am StrongStronger Than Ever Author:Patrik Baboumian
“They that examine into the Nature of Man, abstract from Art and Education, may observe, that what renders him a Sociable Animal, consists not in his desire of Company, Good-nature, Pity, Affability, and other Graces of a fair Outside; but that his vilest and most hateful Qualities are the most necessary Accomplishments to fit him for the largest, and, according to the World, the happiest and most flourishing Societies.” MenWorldMayArtDesireAnimalQualityCompanyGraceFitFairsPityAccomplishmentAbstractHatefulFlourishingNature Of ManGood NatureSociable Book:The Fable of the Bees Source: The Fable of the Bees
“Rumors and reports of man's relation with animals are the world's oldest news stories, headlined in the stars of the zodiac, posted on the walls of prehistoric caves, inscribed in the languages of Egyptian myth, Greek philosophy, Hindu religion, Christian art, our own DNA. Belonging within the circle of mankind's intimate acquaintance ... constant albeit speechless companions, they supplied energies fit to be harnessed or roasted.” MenWorldArtPhilosophyStoriesChristianEnergyLanguageStarsAnimalMankindWallFitNewsRelationConstantMythCirclesGreekIntimateReportsCompanionBelongingCavesDnaAcquaintanceRumorEgyptianSpeechlessReligion ChristianPrehistoricZodiacNews StoriesHindu ReligionGreek PhilosophyChristian Art Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“All in all it's a pretty great day for major league sports. At long last they've decided that gay people are fit to be included in their elite club-one that's already allowed in adulterers, wife-swappers, gamblers, cheaters, rapists, racists and slaughterers of man. Those who've abused spouses, drugs, alcohol, family members and animals. Congratulations, gay athletes. Are you sure you want to hang out with these people?” PeopleMenWantLongLastsSportsChangeAnimalWifeFitGayDrugMembersMajorsDecidedAthleteClubsAlcoholLeagueRacistHanging OutElitesSpouseCongratulationsGay PeopleFamily MembersGreat DayMajor LeagueCheater Author:Jon Stewart
“I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company. Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you're sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.” PeopleWayTryingLittlesProblemAsksWishEnjoyPleasureAnimalCompanyKindnessLike YouReturnFitComfortAbout FriendshipConditional Author:Bill Watterson
“We, as a people, we have a strong need to categorize everything. We put labels on everything and its a totally understandable need because we are animals and we need to understand order and where to fit in.” PeopleNeedsOrderStrongAnimalFitLabels Author:Armin van Buuren
“I want upon death to be buried, just like in the old days, where I decompose by the action of microorganisms, and I am dined upon by any form of creeping animal or root system that sees fit to do so.... I will have recycled back to the universe at least some of the energy that I have taken from it. And in so doing, at the conclusion of my scientific adventures, I will have come closer to the heavens than to Earth.” WantActionEarthFormUniverseEnergyHeavenAnimalTakenAdventureFitRootsConclusionBuriedExtinctionWant UOld DaysRecycledMicroorganisms Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“It occurred to me that there have always been selkie women: women who did not seem to belong to this world, because they did not fit into prevailing notions of what women were supposed to be. And if you did not fit into those notions, in some sense you weren't a woman. Weren't even quite human. The magical animal woman is, or can be, a metaphor for those sorts of women.” IfsWorldHumansSeemsAnimalThis WorldFitNotionMetaphorSupposed To BeMen WomenPrevailing Author:Theodora
“Even very smart people can try to shoehorn new information that just doesn't fit into an existing paradigm.For a long time the story that we've been telling ourselves is that humans are just another animal. We evolved from other animals and our place in the universe isn't particularly special. What I'm trying to convey in my book [The Sixth Extinction] is that we are unusual.” PeopleTryingHumansLongBookStoriesUniverseAnimalSpecialInformationFitLong TimeSmartUnusualExtinctionParadigmSmart PeopleVery SmartNew Information Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“The piano is just a different animal. It's expensive, it's big, it's heavy, and it doesn't fit in the mix easily. Everyone grew up with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible - it wasn't an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.” DifferentBigsAnimalRoomsClassPiecesGrewFitGrew UpHeavyPianoExpensiveFurnitureLiving RoomUpper ClassDifferent AnimalsRocking Out Author:Ben Folds
“We talked about how easy it was to make the mistake of anthropomorphizing animals, and projecting our own feelings and perceptions on to them, where they were inappropriate and didn't fit. We simply had no idea what it was like being an extremely large lizard, and neither for that matter did the lizard, because it was not self-conscious about being an extremely large lizard, it just got on with the business of being one. To react with revulsion to its behavior was to make the mistake of applying criteria that are only appropriate to the business of being human.” HumansIdeasSelfMatterFeelingsEasyAnimalMistakeFitBehaviorPerceptionConsciousNo IdeaAppropriateBeing HumanCriteriaSelf ConsciousInappropriateLizardsRevulsion Author:Douglas Adams
“Blake expressed some doubt as to whether God had made the tiger. But the tiger is in many ways an admirable animal. We have now to ask whether God made the tapeworm. And it is questionable whether an affirmative answer fits in either with what we know about the process of evolution or what many of us believe about the moral perfection of God.” IfsKnowsWayBelieveMadeAsksProcessAnswersAnimalMoralDoubtEvolutionFitPerfectionTigersAdmirableAffirmativeQuestionableBlakeMoral Perfection Author:John B. S. Haldane
“Vocational training is the training of animals or slaves. It fits them to become cogs in the industrial machine. Free men need liberal education to prepare them to make a good use of their freedom.” MenNeedsUseAnimalFitTrainingMachinesSlaveFree ManCogsLiberal EducationVocational Training Author:John Dewey
“I have seen what is to come in this world and I understand how I fit in. I fit in protecting the animals because many more are to die before we all stand up. I see who I have become because I had to die to be able to let go of consciousness.” WorldAbleDiesAnimalConsciousnessThis WorldFitLetting Go Author:Timothy Treadwell
“I was 'alone' amongst the animal kingdom and I required of myself to see what was truly going on inside me so that my own true potential could step forth. Therefore I died so that heaven could show me who I had become, within that showing me to myself as who I am, what I am going to be doing and where all of you fit into the picture.” ShowsHeavenMy OwnAnimalStepsFitDiedWho I AmKingdomsShow MeAnimal KingdomI Am What I AmTrue Potential Author:Timothy Treadwell
“I kind of, I have quite a clear idea of what I'm trying to do with a record. A Super Furry Animals record is always an adventure, because there's five members of the group and everyone is a producer, we all throw in ideas, and regardless of who writes the song, the songs always get pushed around and shape-shifted to fit everyone in the band. So when I start a record with Super Furry Animals I can never predict how it'll turn out.” WritingTryingKindSongAnimalAdventureFitProducers Author:Gruff Rhys