We don't need to eat anyone who would run, swim, or fly away if he could.

If a kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming, they would never touch meat again.

I'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.

A vital film that needed to be made at this point in history and has been made magnificently.

The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.

I was so moved by the intelligence,sense of fun and personalities of the animals I worked with on Babe that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian.

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.

Pigs may not be as cuddly as kittens or puppies, but they suffer just as much.

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.

But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is with a cat. Because the world is his.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

I think I gravitate towards rock 'n' roll as a playground where I can say anything.

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.

There are some dreams that get stuck between your teeth when you sleep, so that when you open your mouth to yawn awake they fly right out of you.

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.

After a Christmas comes a Lent.

How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.

When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after the works of the author who has written them, and by that means discover what it is he likes in a composition.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Criticism is easy, art is difficult.