We never repent having eaten too little.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.
—John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) Canadian-Born American Economist
Dieters live life in the fasting lane.
—Unknown
Diet cures more than the doctor.
—Anonymous
Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Bigger snacks mean bigger slacks.
—Indian Proverb
We were the country that has more food to eat than any other country in the world, and with more diets to keep us from eating it.
—Unknown
History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.
—Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) British Head of State
The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than large. He no longer makes sense in some distinctive opposition, but in his excess, his redundancy.
—Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) French Sociologist, Philosopher
I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist
A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
—Tom Wilson (1931–2011) American Cartoonist
To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
—Moliere (1622–73) French Playwright
When we lose twenty pounds… we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty.
—Woody Allen (b.1935) American Film Actor, Director
The first thing you lose on a diet is your sense of humor.
—Indian Proverb
There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
To safeguard one’s health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.
—Robert Quillen (1887–1948) American Journalist, Humorist
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they embrace.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
Dieters—People that are thick and tired of it.
—Unknown
Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes than the first four hours of a diet.
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Irish Novelist, Playwright
My wife is a light eater. As soon as it’s light, she starts to eat.
—Henny Youngman (1906–98) Anglo-American Comedian, Violinist
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
—George D. Prentice (1802–70) American Journalist, Editor, Poet
Tell me what you like and I’ll tell you what you are.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
Simple diet is best—for many dishes bring many diseases; and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
—Pliny the Elder (23–79CE) Roman Statesman, Scholar
I keep trying to lose weight… but it keeps finding me!
—Unknown
I am a nutritional overachiever.
—Unknown
Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.
—Indian Proverb
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