Whatever will satisfy hunger is good food.
—Chinese Proverb
I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
—Aretha Franklin (1942–2018) American Gospel And Soul Singer
I think I just ate my willpower.
—Unknown
Dieters live life in the fasting lane.
—Unknown
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
A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people’s patience.
—John Updike (1932–2009) American Novelist, Poet, Short-Story Writer
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
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
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
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
Take twice as long to eat half as much.
—Anonymous
A raised weight can produce work, but in doing so it must necessarily sink from its height, and, when it has fallen as deep as it can fall, its gravity remains as before, but it can no longer do work.
—Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–94) German Physiologist and Physicist
The first thing you lose on a diet is your sense of humor.
—Indian Proverb
History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.
—Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) British Head of State
We never repent having eaten too little.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
Do not dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
—English Proverb
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
To lengthen your life, shorten your meals.
—Common Proverb
Forget about calories – everything makes thin people thinner, and fat people fatter.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
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
As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth.
—Chauncey Depew (1834–1928) American Lawyer, Politician, Raconteur
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
Feed sparingly and defy the physician.
—James Howell (c.1593–1666) Anglo-Welsh Writer, Historian
The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life.
—Cyril Connolly (1903–74) British Literary Critic, Writer
Obesity is a mental state, a disease brought on by boredom and disappointment.
—Cyril Connolly (1903–74) British Literary Critic, Writer
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
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
A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit.
—Unknown
Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip.
—Arnold Glasow (1905–98) American Businessman
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