When it comes to meat, change is almost always cast as an absolute. You are a vegetarian or you are not. Jonathan Safran Foer absolutecastchange Change image and share on social
It's possible to make things that aren't just money-makers. Something wonderful for its own sake. Jonathan Safran Foer makemakermoney Change image and share on social
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 neuroticniceomnivore Change image and share on social
Living on a planet of fixed size requires compromise, and while we are the only party capable of negotiating, we are not the only party at the table. We've never claimed more, and we've never had less. Jonathan Safran Foer capableclaimcompromise share on social
We eat as sons and daughters, as families, as communities, as generations, as nations, and increasingly as a globe. We can't stop our eating from radiating influence even if we want to. Jonathan Safran Foer communitydaughtereat Change image and share on social
The purpose of the Seder to my mind is to inspire conversations with your family about the human drama and hopefully transmit values to the next generation. I've always felt like this could be better. Jonathan Safran Foer conversationdramafamily Change image and share on social
I am an on-and-off vegetarian. Sometimes on, mostly off. I think it is better to be a vegetarian but occasionally, the call of the hot dog overpowers my ethics. Jonathan Safran Foer calldogethic Change image and share on social
What the world does not need is a Haggadah that pats itself on the back. It needs a Haggadah that gets out of the way, that starts a conversation and gets out of the way. Jonathan Safran Foer backconversationhaggadah Change image and share on social
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 badchoicefront share on social
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 angrycarehate Change image and share on social
