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)

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. – Author unknown

My perspective of veganism was most affected by learning that the veal calf is a by-product of dairying, and that in essence there is a slice of veal in every glass of what I had thought was an innocuous white liquid — milk. – Rynn Berry, quoted in Joanne Stepaniak, The Vegan Sourcebook, 1998