Howard F. Lyman: Quotes about animals

Howard F. Lyman is American activist. Explore interesting quotes on animals.
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“To state the obvious: vegetarians live longer than meat eaters simply and solely because we do not consume the filthy, fatty, disease-ridden, decaying flesh of animals.”

Howard F. Lyman

Source: No More Bull! (2005), Ch. 5: Message for My Meat-Eating Friends, p. 61

Disease , Animals

“And suddenly the circle came together for me. We were as a civilization making one big mistake, a mistake that was understandable because we had been raised to make it. We had been culturally indoctrinated to believe it to be not a mistake at all, but rather a normal and healthy habit. But this mistake was killing us as individuals just as it was destroying our land and our forests and our rivers. We were eating dead animals, and it wasn't working. If those animals had set out to take their revenge on us, they couldn't have done a better job.”

Howard F. Lyman

Source: Mad Cowboy (1998), Ch. 4: From the Farm to the Capital, pp. 80-81

Understanding , Revenge , Animals , Dead

“Vegetarians and vegans are not morally superior to everyone else. We're simply healthier, and a hell of a lot better for the environment around us. Of course, just because we're not morally superior doesn't mean we're not on the side of the angels. I believe we are. After all, we're practitioners of a diet that's better for people, better for animals, and better for the environment.”

Howard F. Lyman

Source: No More Bull! (2005), Ch. 5: Message for My Meat-Eating Friends, p. 78

People , Angels , Hell , Animals

“For those who are still merely vegetarian and not yet vegan, I ask, what in heaven's name are you waiting for? If you are trying to avoid the health pitfalls of eating carcasses—high fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol content; lack of fiber; deficiency of vitamins and enzymes; abundance of stored toxins—well, then take a good look at the dairy you're eating. Dairy is basically liquid meat without the iron. … Milk should be viewed as no more or less than what it is: a delivery system for fat, cholesterol, blood, pus, antibiotics, and carcinogenic growth hormones. … If your reason for abstaining from meat has more to do with an emotional attachment to animals than a concern for your health, then understand that dairy cows are truly sick, miserable, abused creatures … Someone who has become vegetarian for emotional reasons ought to switch to the vegan diet as swiftly and surely as someone brought to vegetarianism for reasons of health.”

Howard F. Lyman

Source: No More Bull! (2005), Ch. 6: Message for My Fellow Vegetarians and Vegans, pp. 79-80

Health , Understanding , Waiting , Animals