--- title: "4 Jane Olson Quotes" description: "Jane M. Olson was an American genetic epidemiologist and biostatistician, \"best known internationally for her contributions to advanced statistical meth..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-jane-olson-69910.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jane Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-jane-olson-69910.jpg) # Jane Olson **4** quotes in **16** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jane M. Olson was an American genetic epidemiologist and biostatistician, "best known internationally for her contributions to advanced statistical methods in genetic epidemiology". ## Quotes by Jane Olson > [“Having low self-esteem and a shield of lard are not guarantees of safety. Having a warrior spirit, high self worth (most people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-olson/having-low-self-esteem-and-a-shield-of-lard-are-not-guarantees-of/) Jane Olson [Safety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/safety/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/jane-olson-69910_safety_having-low-self-esteem-and-a-shield-of-l_753296.jpg) > [“Comfort foods they may have been, but helpful foods they most definitely were not. By merging my identity with certain foods and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-olson/comfort-foods-they-may-have-been-but-helpful-foods-they-most/) Jane Olson [Comfort food](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comfort-food/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/jane-olson-69910_comfort-food_comfort-foods-they-may-have-been-but-hel_812677.jpg) > [“It's not enough to say you want to lose fifty, seventy, or a hundred and twenty pounds. Because once you hit those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-olson/it-s-not-enough-to-say-you-want-to-lose-fifty-seventy-or-a-hundred/) Jane Olson [House of cards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/house-of-cards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/jane-olson-69910_house-of-cards_it-s-not-enough-to-say-you-want-to-lose_1062745.jpg) > [“There are a lot of valid reasons for wanting to feel safer. But hiding from pain or perceived threats behind a wall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-olson/there-are-a-lot-of-valid-reasons-for-wanting-to-feel-safer-but-hiding/) Jane Olson [Hiding pain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hiding-pain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/jane-olson-69910_self-esteem_there-are-a-lot-of-valid-reasons-for-wan_1382503.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-olson/#itemlist", "name": "Jane Olson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Having low self-esteem and a shield of lard are not guarantees of safety. 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