Top 25 Quotes by John Robbins of 35 - Page 2

In California today, you may save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you would by not showering for six entire months.

In California today, you may save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you would by not showering for six entire months.

John Robbins

California, Water, Beef

John Robbins (2010). “The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World”, p.237, Conari Press

Our food chain is in crisis. Big agribusiness has made profits more important than your health—more important than the environment—more important than your right to know how your food is produced. But beneath the surface, a revolution is growing.

John Robbins

Important, Growing, Agribusiness

John Robbins, Ocean Robbins (2013). “Voices of the Food Revolution: You Can Heal Your Body and Your World with Food!”, p.13, Conari Press

Unlike much of orthodox medicine, alternative approaches to healing typically honor the wisdom and capability of the human body. Their goal is often to support and strengthen the powerful healing forces already at work within us.

John Robbins

Powerful, Healing, Medicine

John Robbins (1998). “Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the Source of True Healing”, p.8, H J Kramer

Jesus prescribes a doctrinal test for false prophets because a behavioral test is unreliable.

John Robbins

Jesus, Tests, Prophet

Adding last-minute features, whether in response to competitive pressure, as a developer's pet feature, or on the whim of management, causes more bugs in software than almost anything else.

John Robbins

Pet, Requirements, Lasts

John Robbins (2000). “Debugging Applications: Microsoft”

Chiropractic works in harmony with the basic healing forces of the body, whereas the allopathic, western medical establishment doesn't have nearly as holistic a vision.

John Robbins

Healing, Vision, Body

Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product. attr to Buthan's King Jigme Singye Wangchuck

John Robbins

Kings, Important, Gross Domestic Product

Dream of a society at peace with its conscience because it respects and lives in harmony with all life forms.

John Robbins

Dream, Peace, Humanity

John Robbins (2011). “Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness, and the Future of Life on Earth”, p.9, H J Kramer

Meanwhile, the chemical industry has mounted an aggressive campaign to discredit organic food. And without the knowledge or consent of most Americans, two-thirds of the products on our supermarket shelves now contain genetically engineered ingredients.

John Robbins

Two, Ingredients, Campaigns

John Robbins (2010). “The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World”, p.4, Conari Press

Our understanding of what constitutes intelligence is utterly relative. If an aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, for example, all of Western civilization would probably flunk. We have a very convenient and self-serving way of defining intelligence. If an animal does something, we call it instinct. If we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

John Robbins

Animal, Self, Civilization

John Robbins (2011). “Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness, and the Future of Life on Earth”, p.38, H J Kramer