--- title: "4 David Sax Quotes" description: "David Sax is a Canadian journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sax has written for publications such as New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg Busines..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/david-sax-70736_alcohol_in-the-eleventh-century-obese-english-ki_477606.jpg" --- # David Sax **4** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet David Sax is a Canadian journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sax has written for publications such as New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg Business Week, The New York Times, Saveur, NPR, GQ and Toronto Life. ## Quotes by David Sax > [“In the eleventh century obese English king William the Conqueror took to bed and consumed nothing but alcohol to shed pounds, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sax/in-the-eleventh-century-obese-english-king-william-the-conqueror-took/) [David Sax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sax/) [Alcohol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/david-sax-70736_alcohol_in-the-eleventh-century-obese-english-ki_477606.jpg) > [“trends fade as they were usurped by competitors (those same fajitas and sushi platters giving way first to burritos and ramen soups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sax/trends-fade-as-they-were-usurped-by-competitors-those-same-fajitas/) [David Sax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sax/) [Right now](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-now/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/david-sax-70736_right-now_trends-fade-as-they-were-usurped-by-comp_838494.jpg) > [“take an edible piece of nature and create a promise out of it, communicate that promise to the public, and then deliver…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sax/take-an-edible-piece-of-nature-and-create-a-promise-out-of-it/) [David Sax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sax/) [Edible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/edible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/david-sax-70736_nature_take-an-edible-piece-of-nature-and-creat_1552766.jpg) > [“North Americans had two distinct ways of looking at food trends brought from other cultures: foreign and ethnic. Foreign was refined, upmarket,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sax/north-americans-had-two-distinct-ways-of-looking-at-food-trends/) [David Sax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sax/) [Food](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/food/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/david-sax-70736_quote_north-americans-had-two-distinct-ways-of_2085885.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sax/#itemlist", "name": "David Sax Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the eleventh century obese English king William the Conqueror took to bed and consumed nothing but alcohol to shed pounds, a practice many of his countrymen seem to continue to this day.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sax" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sax/in-the-eleventh-century-obese-english-king-william-the-conqueror-took/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/david-sax-70736_alcohol_in-the-eleventh-century-obese-english-ki_477606.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/david-sax-70736_alcohol_in-the-eleventh-century-obese-english-ki_477606.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/david-sax-70736_alcohol_in-the-eleventh-century-obese-english-ki_477606.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the eleventh century obese English king William the Conqueror took to bed and consumed nothing but…” — David Sax", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“trends fade as they were usurped by competitors (those same fajitas and sushi platters giving way first to burritos and ramen soups and then to fish tacos and izakayas), while trends like espresso coffee have assumed a permanent role in my diet. I’ve also seen heavily hyped trends vanish as suddenly as they have appeared, like thin snow hitting the ground. Watching Superbowl XXVII in 1993, I, like millions of others, was spellbound by the halftime commercial for Crystal Pepsi, with its new-age messages saying, “Right now, the future is ahead of you,” set to the tune of Van Halen’s “Right Now.” Suddenly”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sax" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sax/trends-fade-as-they-were-usurped-by-competitors-those-same-fajitas/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/david-sax-70736_right-now_trends-fade-as-they-were-usurped-by-comp_838494.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/david-sax-70736_right-now_trends-fade-as-they-were-usurped-by-comp_838494.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/david-sax-70736_right-now_trends-fade-as-they-were-usurped-by-comp_838494.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“trends fade as they were usurped by competitors (those same fajitas and sushi platters giving way first to…” — David Sax", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“take an edible piece of nature and create a promise out of it, communicate that promise to the public, and then deliver on it with taste.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sax" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sax/take-an-edible-piece-of-nature-and-create-a-promise-out-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/david-sax-70736_nature_take-an-edible-piece-of-nature-and-creat_1552766.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/david-sax-70736_nature_take-an-edible-piece-of-nature-and-creat_1552766.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/david-sax-70736_nature_take-an-edible-piece-of-nature-and-creat_1552766.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“take an edible piece of nature and create a promise out of it, communicate that promise to the public, and…” — David Sax", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“North Americans had two distinct ways of looking at food trends brought from other cultures: foreign and ethnic. 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