Carnivore Quotes
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“We cut the throat of a calf and hang it up by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal cutlet may be white; we nail geese to a board and cram them with food because we like the taste of liver disease; we tear birds to pieces to decorate our women's hats; we mutilate domestic animals for no reason at all except to follow an instinctively cruel fashion; and we connive at the most abominable tortures in the hope of discovering some magical cure for our own diseases by them.”
― Man and Superman
― Man and Superman

“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”
― The Note Books Of Samuel Butler
― The Note Books Of Samuel Butler

“Ethically, she couldn't cause the suffering of any living thing. Logically, bacon cheeseburgers were delicious.”
― We Shadows
― We Shadows

“Because I have this theory that when we die, every animal that we've eaten has a chance at eating us back. So if you're a carnivore and you add up all the animals you've eaten - well, that's a long time in purgatory, being chewed”
― Every Day
― Every Day

“When do you think your future husband will try to kill you?â€� Owen asks conversationally, looking straight ahead.
“Tomorrow? Next week?�
“Who’s to say.�
“Within the month, for sure.�
“For sure.�
“One has to wonder if the Weres will bury your corpse or just, you know. Eat it.�
“One has to.”
― Bride
“Tomorrow? Next week?�
“Who’s to say.�
“Within the month, for sure.�
“For sure.�
“One has to wonder if the Weres will bury your corpse or just, you know. Eat it.�
“One has to.”
― Bride

“I had learned that a dexterous, opposable thumb stood among the hallmarks of human success. We had maintained, even exaggerated, this important flexibility of our primate forebears, while most mammals had sacrificed it in specializing their digits. Carnivores run, stab, and scratch. My cat may manipulate me psychologically, but he'll never type or play the piano.”
― The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
― The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

“She was not a vegetarian and knew firsthand animals had to die for her delectation, but she never liked to think about it.”
― Artificial Gods
― Artificial Gods
“[Option 3 for the fat man] Or he can get tough and stick to a big fat steak and a half cup of black coffee three times a day... In doing this he will be somewhat in the class of a pioneer, and a pioneer always meets with suspicion. No matter how well he does, he need not expect the approval of his neighbors. Any disaster that may overtake him, even to the extent of ground moles getting in his lawn, will be blamed on his “red meatâ€� diet...”
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“Any information about how many of them live in a group, whether or not they defend a communal territory, and why they associate together is important for the conservation of hyenas. But there is another reason to investigate their social life: Man is also a social carnivore, and by understanding the evolution and nature of societies of other predators, we can better understand our own sense of territoriality, our need for identity as part of a group, and our aggressive tendencies as competitors.”
― Cry of the Kalahari
― Cry of the Kalahari
“Man got to the top of the evolutionary heap by eating everything that got in his way. And if he wants to stay there, he had better keep doing it.”
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