Jonathan Safran Foer Eating Quotations

My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration.

We know it (meat eating) is indisputably the number one cause of global warming. So what does it mean exactly to be an environmentalist on a daily basis if you are not thinking about the number one cause of global warming or one of the top two or three causes of all other environmental problems? Does it mean you are necessarily someone who doesn't care about the environment? Obviously not, but it might mean you have a blind spot for something big.

Consumers are going to have get used to eating less meat - to paying more for better quality meat and eating significantly less of it.

If nothing matters, there's nothing to save.

The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things, but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism.