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Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

Profound, bottomless self-doubt - it has no value - what’s the point? In a way, it takes up as much time as anything else Picture Quote #1

The writing itself is no big deal. The editing, and even more than that, the self-doubt, is excruciatingly impossible Picture Quote #1

Farmers since the beginning of time have been feeding the world very successfully without systematically abusing animals or destroying the environment. But we’re breeding food that is less safe for us, it tastes much worse than it ever has in history, and it’s wreaking havoc on the environment in a way that it never did in history before. All in the interest of it being cheap Picture Quote #1

...accepting the compromise of the way we have been, the way we are, and the way we will likely be...may we live together in unwavering love and good health, amen Picture Quote #1

These little daily choices that we’re so used to thinking are irrelevant are the most important thing we do all day long Picture Quote #1

People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don’t care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it’s like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets Picture Quote #1

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We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn’t ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits, cravings, family and history but rather incorporates them into the conversation. The more they are allowed in, the more able we will be to follow our best instincts Picture Quote #1

Eating a piece of meat, at its most efficient, we could say is like throwing away six times that amount of food every time you eat it because you’re recycling all those calories through it. I know a lot of people who came to this issue not through animal welfare but through wastefulness Picture Quote #1

My wife and I have chosen to bring up our children as vegetarians. In another time or place, we might have made a different decision. But the realities of our present moment compelled us to make that choice Picture Quote #1

I will never come around to the idea of an anthropomorphic God. I’m also uncomfortable with the word ‘God’... I’m agnostic about the answer and I’m agnostic about the question Picture Quote #1

At the end of my dream, Eve put the apple back on the branch. The tree went back into the ground. It became a sapling, which became a seed Picture Quote #1

You write to please yourself, you write to move yourself, to engage yourself in the asking of questions that are important to you Picture Quote #1

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The mistakes I’ve made are dead to me. But I can’t take back the things I never did Picture Quote #1

I see bad stuff on the street all the time that I don’t do anything about. I do bad stuff myself all the time. The goal is not to somehow be perfect - that’s silly, that’s naive. The goal is to just recognize there are choices in front of us, and to try to make better ones Picture Quote #1

If we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand...... But until we find this new way of speaking, until we can find a nonapproximate vocabulary, nonsense words are the best thing we’ve got. Ifactifice is one such word Picture Quote #1

That’s the nice thing about being a vegetarian. You don’t have to be neurotic. Selective omnivores have to be neurotic. Personally, I don’t have time for all that; I don’t want to get into it Picture Quote #1

It’s so beautiful at this hour. The sun is low, the shadows are long, the air is cold and clean. You won’t be awake for another five hours, but I can’t help feeling that we’re sharing this clear and beautiful morning Picture Quote #1

There’s no being wrong in seeing something in art, only being disagreed with Picture Quote #1

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It was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn’t think about my life at all Picture Quote #1

Consumers are going to have get used to eating less meat - to paying more for better quality meat and eating significantly less of it Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to draw clear lines between writing and life and I don’t think it is necessary to or necessarily good to Picture Quote #1

There are two kinds of sculptures. There’s the kind that subtracts: Michelangelo starts with a block of marble and chips away. And then there is the kind that adds, building with clay, piling it on. The way I write novels is to keep piling on and piling on and piling on Picture Quote #1

Writers now are putting total faith in designers at Apple and Amazon. It’s almost like a race-car driver having no input into how cars are designed Picture Quote #1

People don’t care enough. They don’t get worked up enough. They don’t get angry enough. They don’t get passionate enough. I’d rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it Picture Quote #1

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I started carrying blank books like this one around, which I would fill with all the things I couldn’t say Picture Quote #1

Factory farmers talk about their desire to feed the world. That’s not what they’re doing. They’re feeding the world with really, really cheap stuff Picture Quote #1

Marriage is like a chess match is initiated and the board expands over time until it takes up all of a life Picture Quote #1

Whether we’re talking about fish species, pigs, or some other eaten animal, is such suffering the most important thing in the world? Obviously not. But that’s not the question. Is it more important that sushi, bacon, or chicken nuggets? That’s the question Picture Quote #1

[Â¦] but I believe that things are extremely complicated, and her looking over me was as complicated as anything could ever be. But it was also incredibly simple Picture Quote #1

When you read something you have written, you have to confront some of the lies you have been telling yourself Picture Quote #1

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Profound, bottomless self-doubt - it has no value - what’s the point? In a way, it takes up as much time as anything else (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) The writing itself is no big deal. The editing, and even more than that, the self-doubt, is excruciatingly impossible (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Farmers since the beginning of time have been feeding the world very successfully without systematically abusing animals or destroying the environment. But we’re breeding food that is less safe for us, it tastes much worse than it ever has in history, and it’s wreaking havoc on the environment in a way that it never did in history before. All in the interest of it being cheap (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) ...accepting the compromise of the way we have been, the way we are, and the way we will likely be...may we live together in unwavering love and good health, amen (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) These little daily choices that we’re so used to thinking are irrelevant are the most important thing we do all day long. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don’t care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it’s like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn’t ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits, cravings, family and history but rather incorporates them into the conversation. The more they are allowed in, the more able we will be to follow our best instincts. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Eating a piece of meat, at its most efficient, we could say is like throwing away six times that amount of food every time you eat it because you’re recycling all those calories through it. I know a lot of people who came to this issue not through animal welfare but through wastefulness. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) My wife and I have chosen to bring up our children as vegetarians. In another time or place, we might have made a different decision. But the realities of our present moment compelled us to make that choice. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I will never come around to the idea of an anthropomorphic God. I’m also uncomfortable with the word ‘God’... I’m agnostic about the answer and I’m agnostic about the question. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) At the end of my dream, Eve put the apple back on the branch. The tree went back into the ground. It became a sapling, which became a seed. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) You write to please yourself, you write to move yourself, to engage yourself in the asking of questions that are important to you. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) The mistakes I’ve made are dead to me. But I can’t take back the things I never did. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I see bad stuff on the street all the time that I don’t do anything about. I do bad stuff myself all the time. The goal is not to somehow be perfect - that’s silly, that’s naive. The goal is to just recognize there are choices in front of us, and to try to make better ones. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) If we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand...... But until we find this new way of speaking, until we can find a nonapproximate vocabulary, nonsense words are the best thing we’ve got. Ifactifice is one such word. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) That’s the nice thing about being a vegetarian. You don’t have to be neurotic. Selective omnivores have to be neurotic. Personally, I don’t have time for all that; I don’t want to get into it. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) It’s so beautiful at this hour. The sun is low, the shadows are long, the air is cold and clean. You won’t be awake for another five hours, but I can’t help feeling that we’re sharing this clear and beautiful morning. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) There’s no being wrong in seeing something in art, only being disagreed with (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) It was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn’t think about my life at all. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Consumers are going to have get used to eating less meat - to paying more for better quality meat and eating significantly less of it. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) It’s hard to draw clear lines between writing and life and I don’t think it is necessary to or necessarily good to. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) There are two kinds of sculptures. There’s the kind that subtracts: Michelangelo starts with a block of marble and chips away. And then there is the kind that adds, building with clay, piling it on. The way I write novels is to keep piling on and piling on and piling on. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Writers now are putting total faith in designers at Apple and Amazon. It’s almost like a race-car driver having no input into how cars are designed. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) People don’t care enough. They don’t get worked up enough. They don’t get angry enough. They don’t get passionate enough. I’d rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I started carrying blank books like this one around, which I would fill with all the things I couldn’t say... (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Factory farmers talk about their desire to feed the world. That’s not what they’re doing. They’re feeding the world with really, really cheap stuff. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Marriage is like a chess match is initiated and the board expands over time until it takes up all of a life. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Whether we’re talking about fish species, pigs, or some other eaten animal, is such suffering the most important thing in the world? Obviously not. But that’s not the question. Is it more important that sushi, bacon, or chicken nuggets? That’s the question. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) [Â¦] but I believe that things are extremely complicated, and her looking over me was as complicated as anything could ever be. But it was also incredibly simple. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) When you read something you have written, you have to confront some of the lies you have been telling yourself. (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes)

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