All Quotes by Moby
“There might be a lot of difference between Republicans and Democrats on key social issues like women's rights and health care. But when it comes to taking corporate cash, they're pretty much the same beast.”
“Could you look at animal in the eyes and say to it "my appetite is more important than your suffering"? I hope not.”
“a long time ago only kings had rights. then rights were extended to property-owning white men. then all men. then wymyn [sic]. then children. then the mentally retarded. now we're agonizing over the extension of basic rights to homosexuals and animals. we need to finally accept that all sentient creatures are deserving of basic rights.”
“Better a loving single parent family than a 'conventional' family wherein the parents hate each other and the father is a demagogue.”
“Ozzy Osbourne used to snort ants. Led Zeppelin had sex with hookers on private planes. And I start an on-tour book club. Because one can only snort so many ants and have so much sex before one starts to long for the comfort and companionship of a good book.”
“Why can't a Democrat get fired up about protecting the environment and enacting gun control legislation just as right wing republicans get fired up about making sure that children have access to assault weapons and banning 'The catcher in the rye' and 'Harry Potter'?”
“It will be interesting to see what the long term fruits of our national apathy will be, 'cos so far they've been pretty foul.”
“One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?”
“For example, you can go on all the pro-life chat rooms and say you're an outraged right-wing voter and that you know that George Bush drove an ex-girlfriend to an abortion clinic and paid for her to get an abortion.Then you go to an anti-immigration website chat room and ask, "What's all this about George Bush proposing amnesty for illegal aliens?"”
“Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.”
“You are a liar. You are inept. You are probably the worst president that the United States has ever had to endure. You are not welcome in NYC.”
“Put me on the train, send me back to my homeLooking at the places where all my family died”
“He was searchingHis heart was like a stone”
“And on the last dayExhaled the dark and gray”
“Mainly the fact that I love animals and don’t want to be involved in anything that causes or contributes to animal suffering. Also, I never really liked meat that much, unless it neither looked [n]or tasted like meat. Like taco filling. But, mainly because I love animals and don’t want them to suffer. Death is unavoidable, suffering is avoidable.”
“Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it's better for my health and for the environment.”
“I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.”
“Many of my friends back in New York and elsewhere have a glib or dismissive attitude toward Los Angeles. It's a place of strip malls and traffic and not much else, in their opinion.”
“If you're inclined to dismiss L.A. as a place of unrelenting vapidity and generic 1980s architecture, then you're doing yourself and L.A. a huge disservice, and you're just not looking hard enough.”