Lib Quotes
  • Authors
  • Topics
  • Lists
  • Pictures
  • Resources
  • More about Richard D. Ryder

Richard D. Ryder Quotes

2 Sourced Quotes

    • Source
    • Report...
Differences in reaction to toxic substances vary considerably between species so that the value of these tests remains doubtful. Although thalidomide was extensively tested on animals in several countries, its terrible properties were not discovered. Conversely, penicillin, the greatest medical discovery of the century, was not extensively tested on animals before its miraculous therapeutic qualities were demonstrated in human patients. If it had been fully tested on animals its high toxicity for guinea pigs would have almost certainly prevented its clinical use.

Richard D. Ryder
    • Source
    • Report...
Misleading may be the claims that procedures [of animal testing] are carried out under anaesthesia. Restraining devices and paralysing drugs can today be so effective that an anaesthetic is often unnecessary from the purely practical point of view. The risk of giving a dose too large and thereby losing an expensive chimpanzee, for example, may often tempt a scientist or technician, inexperienced with sophisticated anaesthetic techniques, to give a dose too small, from which the animal quickly recovers — but not of course until after it has been strapped securely to the operating table.

Richard D. Ryder

Quote of the day

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.
William Golding

Richard D. Ryder

Richard D. Ryder
Creative Commons

Born: 1940 (age 85)
Bio: Richard Hood Jack Dudley Ryder is a British writer, psychologist, and animal rights advocate.
Known for:
  1. Animal revolution (1989)
  2. Painism (1992)
  3. Putting Morality Back Into Politics (2006)

WikipediaRichard D. Ryder on Wikipedia

Suggest an edit or a new quoteSuggest an edit or a new quote

British Psychologist Quotes
Psychologist Quotes
20th-century Psychologist Quotes

Related Authors

Tom Regan
Tom Regan
American Philosopher

Andrew Linzey
Andrew Linzey
British Theologian

Peter Singer
Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher

Featured Authors

Genghis KhanRudyard KiplingAlexander the GreatGeorge WashingtonAdam SmithBob DylanLewis CarrollEpictetusVincent van GoghSimón BolívarStephen KingJean Cocteau

Lists

Predictions that didn't happen

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Picture Quotes

If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

Confucius

I have a heart with room for every joy.

Philip James Bailey

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

Eleanor Roosevelt

A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Popular Topics

  • life
  • love
  • nature
  • time
  • god
  • power
  • human
  • mind
  • work
  • art
  • heart
  • thought
  • men
  • day
Lib Quotes

100% Sourced Quotes.

Our motto is: Don't quote it if you can't source it.

Contact us

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • X (Twitter)
  • Pinterest

Recent

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Subscribe to our Newsletter:
Quote of the Day
JS and WordPress
Subscribe
to RSS Feeds
© 2017-2025 LibQuotes
Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / About Us

Lib Quotes