Jane Velez-Mitchell Quotes
-
The government sends low-flying helicopters to chase the horses into corrals and then takes them from the plains of the American West to federal holding pens. The government claims it's to save the horses from starvation. Critics claim the real motive is to clear the land for cattle grazing. Critics also say the horses are brutally traumatized.
-
The worst environmental decision you can make as a human being is to have 14 kids.
-
The natural world is not indestructible.
-
Cholesterol does not exist in vegetables. Vegetables do not clog arteries.
-
Real life is often sloppy, tragic, ugly, embarrassing, unglamorous, and not made for TV.
-
A breeding sow spends most of her life in a tiny cage. It's usually about seven feet long and two feet wide. She cannot turn around. She cannot scratch herself. She must urinate and defecate where she stands. Simply put, I believe she is tortured, day in and day out.
-
There's no constitutional right for your parents to pay for college.
-
Taking care of our families isn't just about putting food on the table today. It's about ensuring that our children and grandchildren will have a habitable world where they can get to know various species of sea turtles.
-
What's it like to figure out you're gay and then begin the process of coming out? Well, for most of my life, I felt doomed. I could imagine no path that would allow me to realize my authentic self. I felt the need to lie, even to myself, insisting: I am straight.
-
Family issues and a failing career would be enough to consume most young actresses.
-
There is a severe horse overpopulation crisis caused by overbreeding in the racing industry. It's time for that industry to accept responsibility for its castoffs and take dramatic action to protect a species that has so loyally served humankind.
-
The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your beloved dog or cat. They all have eyes, ears and hearts. They all experience pain when they are physically maimed. They shake with fear when they experience terror.
-
Nature did not put whales on this earth to splash kids while stuck in a pen.
-
Locking minors away for decades doesn't solve anything.
-
Unfortunately, fur is still flying off the racks. It's a billion dollar industry.
-
Fame is often called a deal with the devil. Reality show fame is a really bad deal with the devil.
-
We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption instead of by our ability to move beyond it.
-
It was gross enough for fast food restaurants to ban, but apparently our government wants so-called pink slime to be a staple in your kids' lunches.
-
If you say no to cruel factory farm practices, only then will the government say yes to change.
-
Honestly is always an option, even when you don't think it is.
-
Bolivia recently did what every country should do - banned the use of animals in circuses.
-
Where do thoroughbreds go after they lose one too many races, throw one too many riders, or develop a limp? Many thousands of thoroughbreds end up being slaughtered for horse meat. The unpleasant truth is horse meat is eaten in Europe and Asia.
-
After coming out as gay, I soon felt a lot more comfortable in my life, moment to moment.
-
I've studied pathological liars, and anything they say, they believe, and that's one of the reasons they're so convincing, because they have no connection with the truth. It's a dead issue. It's like they're color-blind to the truth. So anything that comes out of their mouths is their reality.