These days the biggest issue is how many calories you consume. So all of this stuff distracts people from thinking about calories.

There's no question that largely vegetarian diets are as healthy as you can get. The evidence is so strong and overwhelming and produced over such a long period of time that it's no longer debatable.

Unbelievable as it may seem, one-third of all vegetables consumed in the United States come from just three sources: french fries, potato chips, and iceberg lettuce.

The real reason for health claims is well established: health claims sell food products.

Eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, go easy on junk foods.

Here we have the great irony of modern nutrition: at a time when hundreds of millions of people do not have enough to eat, hundreds of millions more are eating too much and are overweight or obese.

The key dietary messages are stunningly simple: Eat less, move more, eat more fruits and vegetables, and don't eat too much junk food. It's no more complicated than that.

They (food companies) are putting $36 billion into directing those choices. And their methods are very effective.

Restaurants that have health-conscious consumers will pay attention to this.

It's a completely reasonable diet -- heavy on fruits and vegetables and fresh, seasonal foods. I'm totally for it. It's common sense in a nice package.

One can only be in awe of the creativity of chocolate marketers. My take is that if there is a health benefit, it is small.

I am in love, and the river is beginning to ice over. I’d better go drown myself before I freeze to death.

You know what I regret the most?” Trinity says, her voice just above a whisper. I don’t answer. All I can think about is how crappy it is that my fourteen-year-old sister already has regrets.

Coach Godsey is a brilliant mind, a great teacher, and it's been fun learning from him so far.

Should graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that.

The Times is getting more detestable (but that is too weak word) than ever.

It is easy to take good pictures, difficult to take very good pictures, and almost impossible to take great pictures.

Drawing takes time. A line has time in it

I like the fact that I'm involved in a career that gives me so many different mediums to perform in.

When you are in pain, a moment is an eternity.

We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.