I think I just ate my willpower.
—Unknown
The first thing you lose on a diet is your sense of humor.
—Indian Proverb
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
Do not dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
—English Proverb
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
Life itself is the proper binge.
—Julia Child (1912–2004) American Cook, Author
I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four, unless there are three other people.
—Orson Welles (1915–85) American Film Director, Actor
Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.
—Indian Proverb
The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
—Albert Camus (1913–60) Algerian-born French Philosopher, Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist, Author
Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.
—Albert Camus (1913–60) Algerian-born French Philosopher, Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist, Author
Obesity is a mental state, a disease brought on by boredom and disappointment.
—Cyril Connolly (1903–74) British Literary Critic, Writer
If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out.
—Jean Kerr (1922–2003) Irish-American Author, Playwright
Bigger snacks mean bigger slacks.
—Indian Proverb
Violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die; like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume.—They are as sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Forget about calories – everything makes thin people thinner, and fat people fatter.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day, you’re off it.
—Jackie Gleason (1916–87) American Comedian, Actor, Conductor
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.
—Indian Proverb
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.
—Tyra Banks (b.1973) American Supermodel, Talk Show Host
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer
A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
—Tom Wilson (1931–2011) American Cartoonist
From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free
—Jacques Cousteau (1910–97) French Oceanographer, Documentary Director
History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.
—Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) British Head of State
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
—Paul Sweeney
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
I keep trying to lose weight… but it keeps finding me!
—Unknown
In eating, a third of the stomach should be filled with food, a third with drink and the rest left empty.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Dieters live life in the fasting lane.
—Unknown