Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness for squeamishness. – Bill Griffith, Griffith Observatory comic strip, 1977

Nothing spoils lunch any quicker than a rogue meatball rampaging through your spaghetti. – Jim Davis, “Garfield” [Original context is not vegetarianism. —tε&#55

I eat everything that nature voluntarily gives: fruits, vegetables, and the products of plants. But I ask you to spare me what animals are forced to surrender: meat, milk, and cheese. – Author unknown (Thanks, Eric)

A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows. – George Bernard Shaw