Peter Cheeke quotes

“Do we, as humans, having an ability to reason and to communicate abstract ideas verbally and in writing, and to form ethical and moral judgments using the accumulated knowledge of the ages, have the right to take the lives of other sentient organisms, particularly when we are not forced to do so by hunger or dietary need, but rather do so for the somewhat frivolous reason that we like the taste of meat? In essence, should we know better?”
-- Peter Cheeke

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“The less the consumer knows about what's happening before the meat hits the plate, the better.”
-- Peter Cheeke

Source : "Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture". Book by Peter Cheeke, 1993.

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“In my opinion, if most urban meat-eaters were to visit an industrial broiler house, to se how the birds are raised, and could see the birds being "harvested" and then being "processed" in a poultry processing plant, they would not be impressed and some, perhaps many of them would swear off eating chicken and perhaps all meat.”
-- Peter Cheeke

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“The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.”

“Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.”

“Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.”

“At its core, meditation is about touching the spiritual essence that exists within us all. Our spiritual essence is not something that we create through meditation it's already there, deep within, behind all the barriers, patiently waiting for us to recognize it.”

“The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.”

“Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy, Send a message, leave you sleepin' next to headless horsey.”

“Spiritually, life is a festival, a celebration. Joy is of the essence of life;”

Source : Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.

“I said, ‘There’s one idea I’ve been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It’s Woodrow Wilson.’”

“Writing essays and teaching composition have helped me immensely in writing poetry, because they've forced me to focus on the structure of ideas.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American culture, politics and foreign policy. Many American Jews refuse to accept it, but the real debate between Israel’s supporters and detractors in America is all but over.”