"I do not eat meat, I do not smoke, and I do not drink, and therefore, I do not feel the cold."
— Percy Grainger

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
VegetariansAtheistsMusicologistsPianists from AustraliaComposers from Australia
Original Language: English

Sources

Asked why he was wearing few clothes in the middle of winter. Quoted in Percy Grainger by John Bird (Currency Press, 1998), p. 253; quoted in Vegetarianism in Australia - 1788 to 1948: A Cultural and Social History by Edgar Crook (Huntingdon Press, 2006), p. 79.