The persistence of the story of animal consent into the contemporary era tells of a human appreciation of the stakes, and a desire to do the right thing.

Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.

Do you eat chicken because you are familiar with the scientific literature on them and have decided that their suffering doesn't matter, or do you do it because it tastes good?

Not responding is a response--we are equally responsible for what we don't do. In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the air is to wrap your fingers around a knife handle.

If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard fish, what would be our argument against being eaten?

It can be challenge enough to have to eat with myself.

Not in all ways (of course), but the animals you know have power: they have abilities humans lack, could be dangerous, could bring life, mean things that mean things.

Today, it isn't unusual for meat to travel almost halfway around the globe to reach your supermarket. The average distance our meat travels hovers arounf fifteen hundred miles.

Mistake is the masterpiece.

Folks do not want to see a body disappear before their very eyes. Not me at least.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

When I am around someone who is a joy stealer, I say to myself, I only have to deal with you for an hour. That person has to deal with thinking that way every moment of their lives.

You know it's important to have a Jeep in Los Angeles. That front wheel drive is crucial when it starts to snow on Rodeo Drive.

Few men think, yet all will have opinions.

I'm one of the little foxes that spoil the grapes.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.

Music keeps time and defies time, simultaneously.

When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s.