Money Quote by Jarod Kintz

“Do you know that the average American contains about two-hundred-thousand usable calories?”

— Bobby Adair

“A long-simmering resentment against the world can burn off more calories than you might imagine.”

— Paul Russell

“Our culture tries to convince us on just about every front that more is better. More is a sign of wealth, luxury, power. Gone…

— Mary DeTurris Poust

“Our culture has bred consumers and addicts. We eat too much, buy too much, and want too much. We set ourselves on the fruitless…

— Vironika Tugaleva

“What no one really talks about, though, is the main reason many of us fail with our weight loss efforts: our minds won't let…

— Helen M. Ryan

“Our brains are huge energy consumers (20 percent of our daily caloric intake fuels the brain) but stingy energy users.”

— David DiSalvo

“But calories won't conquer me. They are one thing I can control”

— Ellen Hopkins

“It's virtually impossible in America to be heavy and feel good about oneself.”

— Mary Pipher

“I don't think we should judge the value of our lives by how efficient they are.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Ultimately most of us come to believe there’s more value in a paycheck—and all the stuff that paycheck can buy us—than there is in…

— Joshua Fields Millburn

“It just occurred to me that life’s too short. Plenty of time to watch the calories when one goes to heaven.”

— Ian Fleming

“Obesity isn't as cool as it used to be, back in the earlier centuries. Before it was a reflection on your gross income, and…

— Jarod Kintz