Looking back on my career, I think I've been extremely fortunate to be in the right place at the right time in order to have the influence that I did.

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.

If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?

We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

Becoming a vegan is a sure way of completely avoiding participation in the abuse of farmed animals. Vegans are a living demonstration of the fact that we do not need to exploit animals for food.

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.

Killing a defective infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Sometimes it is not wrong at all.

Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.

Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products were produced.

Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion.

A cheerful look makes a dish a feast

I wanted to be a teacher.

A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried.

I think everyone is throwing happy stuff at you, and that's when you come over all humbug. It's happy stuff in your face, happy stuff is being sold to you.

Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another.

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky.

Taste is so much more important than fashion.

The chief support of an autocracy is a standing army. The chief support of a democracy is an educated people.

It's nothing that complicated, I just want to kill him

Religion is not an experiment, it is an experience of life through which one is part of the cosmic adventure.