Quote by Michael Wolff

“The sight of an obese poor man — like that of a skinny rich man — is puzzling.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“He who makes fun of a short and fat man’s weight is much less cruel than he who makes fun of his height.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than…

— Jean Baudrillard

“Obese people have really begun to eat up a lot of my free time. That’s the skinny on my life.”

— Jarod Kintz

“His IQ measured the same as his height in inches. He was a short man.”

— Terry Perrel

“REFUSAL When you refuse to tell your weight and age, people know you're fat and old.”

— Chocolate Waters

Before judging a thin man, one must get some information. Perhaps he was once fat.

— Fernand Point

“Enormous? Did you just call me fat?”

— Cassandra Clare

“He did look a bit tall but she supposed lying down it wouldn’t matter.”

— Megan Bryce

“Let's be honest about the "war on obesity." It's a war on people with a particular body type, funded by diet companies.”

— Golda Poretsky

“I sensed immediately that he'd once been overweight. He moved with a fat person's tiptoey apology.”

— Jennifer Egan

“I remembered to keep my body inclined low, to shrink myself smaller than he. He was sensitive about my greater height.”

— Nalo Hopkinson