Thursday, October 23, 2014

Vegans In The Limelight

If you need more of a reason to become vegan other than the ethical argument that it is the most compassionate way to exist, why don't you take a look at this shortened list of celebrities who have dedicated their lifestyles to saving animals by going vegan or vegetarian?
Some of them might surprise you!

Al Gore politician, advocate and philanthropist
Alanis Morissette singer
Albert Einstein renowned scientist
Alicia Silverstone actress
Alyssa Milano actress, singer
Anne Hathaway actress
Ariana Grande actress, singer
Aristotle Greek philosopher
Ashley Judd actress
Avril Lavigne musician 
Bill Clinton former American president
Billy Idol musician
Brad Pitt actor
Brandy R&B singer
Brigette Bardot French actress 
Buddha Indian Saint and Spiritual Master
Christina Applegate actress
Demi Lovato musician
Doris Day actress
Ellen DeGeneres T.V. personality
Emily Deschanel actress
Emily Dickinson writer, poet
Flo Rida rapper
Fran Drescher actress
Franz Kafka Jewish writer
George Bernard Shaw writer
Gandhi Hindu spiritual leader
Gwen Stefani singer
Jack Johnson singer
James Cameron director
Jamie Lee Curtis actress
Jared Leto actor, singer
Jason Mraz singer
Jean-Jacques Rousseau philosopher
Jenna Dwan-Tatum actress, dancer
Jenny McCarthy actress, model
Jesse Eisenberg actor, playwright
Jesus Christ Jewish Rabbi, Saint and Mystic 
Joan Jett punk rock musician and singer
John Lennon Beatles singer and songwriter
Jonathon Taylor Thomas actor
Kaley Kuoco actress
Kate Winslet actress
Kelly Clarkson pop singer
Ken Bradshaw pro surfer
Dr. Kenneth Kaunda politician, former president of Zimbabwe
Kristen Bell actress
LaToya Jackson sister of Michael Jackson
Leo Tolstoy Russian writer and philosopher 
Leonardo da Vinci Italian painter and inventor
Leona Lewis British popstar
Liv Tyler actress, model
Louisa May Alcott American writer
Michael Jackson singer, King of Pop
Mr. Spock fictional character of Star Trek
Natalie Portman actress
Nelly rapper, musician
Olivia Wilde actress
Paul McCartney musician, singer and songwriter, guitarist of The Beatles
Pierce Brosnan actor
Pink singer
Plato Greek philosopher and student of Socrates
Portia de Rossi actress
Prince musician, singer and songwriter
Ralph Waldo Emerson writer, poet
Rosa Parks civil rights activist
Ru Paul entertainer, drag queen, activist
Russel Simmonds music producer, co-founder of Def Records
Russell Brand actor, comedian
Sara Silverman actress, comedian
Seal singer and songwriter
Shania Twain singer
Sir Isaac Newton physicist
Socrates Greek philosopher
Susan B. Anthony women's suffrage pioneer
The Roots all veg band
Tobey McGuire actor
Usher singer
Vanessa A. Williams actress
Vanilla Ice American rapper
Voltaire French writer and philosopher
Woody Harrelson actor, environmental activist
Zendaya actress, singer

There are hundreds of vegan and vegetarian celebrities and famous people of the past. Here are just a few of my favorite quotes:

"Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind." Albert Einstein 

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Gandhi

"I have since an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men." Leonardi da Vinci

"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being." Abraham Lincoln

"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man." Charles Darwin

"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages." Thomas Edison


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