Who were and are the top vegetarians in the world
2007-10-05 01:24:10 · 5 answers · asked by ajkvaraiya 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
George Bernard Shaw was a vegetarian. Some of the best known quotes on vegetarianism came from him such as:
Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends. ~George Bernard Shaw
My situation is a solemn one. Life is offered to me on condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will contains directions for my funeral, which will be followed not by mourning coaches, but by oxen, sheep, flocks of poultry, and a small traveling aquarium of live fish, all wearing white scarfs in honor of the man who perished rather than eat his fellow creatures. ~George Bernard Shaw
A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses. ~George Bernard Shaw
A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows. ~George Bernard Shaw
and many, many more
2007-10-05 09:48:43 · answer #1 · answered by mary! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bernard Shaw was a well-known vegetarian and he did have some wonderful quotes about it, but I don't feel like looking for them right now; too lazy. I'm sure can find something by putting "Bernard Shaw vegetarian" on a search engine.
I'm not sure what you mean by "top vegetarian"--in terms of people who are famous? All of them are "tops" as far as I'm concerned.
As far as vegetarian celebrities go, my personal favorites are Mohandas Gandhi, Isaac Singer and Albert Schweitzer (not sure if I'm spelling his name correctly).
Paul McCartney is pretty cool too. However, I would have to say his music has become pretty sappy ever since he didn't have John Lennon to bounce off ideas with (my opinion, but a lot of people would agree).
John Tesh is supposed to be vegetarian, I can't stand his music but I have seen him on talk shows and I thought he was very witty and funny. Somebody said "Your music sucks worse than Michael Bolton and Kenny G put together." His answer was "That's impossible, nothing could suck that much."
Some alleged vegetarian celebrities that I find totally annoying are Madonna, Michael Jackson and Michael Bolton.
2007-10-05 03:28:28 · answer #2 · answered by majnun99 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shaw wrote a poem which begins "We are the living graves of murdered beasts..." He was very outspoken about his vegetarianism, and claimed to have outlived all the drs. who had told him he 'needed' to eat meat.
Other reknown vegetarians include Leonardo da Vinci, Einstein, Plato, James the Just & Pythagoras. Contemporary famous vegetarians include Rob Zombie, Christian Bale and many others. 90-something fitness expert Jack LaLanne eats a 'mostly' vegetarian diet.
2007-10-05 07:40:21 · answer #3 · answered by Catkin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.
Here are some other qoutes you may like:
http://www.quotegarden.com/vegetarianism.html
For your 2nd question try this site:
http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/quotes.html
Slainté
2007-10-05 04:09:12 · answer #4 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm the #1 flexetarian.
2007-10-05 01:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by The worlds only straight veggie. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋