quotations about diets & dieting
I hate France. It's like the whole country's on a diet.
GORDON KORMAN
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One False Note
Being exaltingly thin was, of course, the foundation for the visibility, the man, the adornments of this life-to-be; it was the prerequisite that made the rest of the dream possible. And since no matter how thin I got, I was frightened that I could wake up tomorrow and be fat again, the rest of the dream was forever ten or twenty pounds away.
GENEEN ROTH
Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment
She'd even violated the only sensible rule of dieting she'd ever run across, the sage advice of the Muppets' Miss Piggy, who recommended never eating anything bigger than your head.
SUSAN DONOVAN
He Loves Lucy
Diets are like trains -- if you miss one, you can be sure another will be along in a very short time.
CAROLE SHAW
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
Women diet to retain their girlish figures or their boyish husbands.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
More diets start in dress shops than in doctors' offices.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four, unless there are three other people.
ORSON WELLES
attributed, The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes
Food is fuel, not therapy.
ANONYMOUS
No matter what we weigh, those of us who are compulsive eaters have anorexia of the soul. We refuse to take in what sustains us. We live lives of deprivation. And when we can't stand it any longer, we binge.
GENEEN ROTH
Women
Oh yeah, the heartbreak diet.... Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
ALEXANDRA POTTER
Calling Romeo
I'm already two years ahead on my daily fat allowance. I'm looking for skinny people to see if I can borrow theirs.
JO BRAND
attributed, The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes
A carbohydrate diet ain't nice
'Cause you can't eat animal crackers
So I'm gonna stay a fatty for all of my life
Hahahahahaha
MELANIE
"Animal Crackers", Leftover Wine
I was put on a diet when I was 10. My mother said that women with smaller mouths are attractive, so keep my mouth small, don't talk or laugh so loud. I was taught to observe and listen.
MILCK
LA Weekly, January 15, 2019
Diets are like medicine. They should not be given to those for whom they are not prescribed.
MARGARET FINLEY
Good Eating
Dieting is not a cure; it is at most a temporary stopgap. Only the most determined, fanatical dieter can stay on a diet forever; therefore, inherent in a diet is the day the dieter will go off it, and when he or she does, the weight will return (usually much faster than it left).
SHARON GREENE PATTON
The Straight Scoop about Dieting
One swears by wholemeal bread, one by sour milk; vegetarianism is the only road to salvation of some, others insist not only on vegetables alone, but on eating those raw. At one time the only thing that matters is calories; at another time they are crazy about vitamins or about roughage. The scientific truth may be put quite briefly; eat moderately, having an ordinary mixed diet, and don’t worry.
SIR ROBERT GRIEVE HUTCHISON
Newcastle Medical Journal, Vol. 12, 1932
Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
PLINY
attributed, Day's Collacon