Vegetables Quotes - Page 10

• I pay a bit more than lip-service to health: I don't eat chips or pre-prepared food, and it might be a comedy sacrilege to admit I do like vegetables, fruit and salad and stuff.

  Jo Brand

  Might, Pay, Stuff

  "What's in your basket, Jo Brand?". www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2001.

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• Taking all vegetable-eating nations together . . . they are a larger and much better formed race than the flesh eaters.

  Sylvester Graham

  Food, Race, Together

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• The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo. No wonder it was once regarded as an aphrodisiac. It had no place in the troll's world of instant gratification. It makes no appeal to the meat-and-two-veg mentality.

  Jane Grigson

  Views, Expression, Two

  Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book”, p.15, U of Nebraska Press

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• The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is a very effective way to raise awareness and consumption of two vital food groups that are sometimes ignored, especially by children. The program results in more children consuming more fruits and vegetables, helping their health and Idaho's farmers.

  Michael Dean Crapo

  Children, Idaho, Two

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• I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got my work 40 yards from my home. I don't mind being criticised, but where are they criticising from? Which hut are they criticising me from, exactly?

  Jay Kay

  Beautiful, Home, Garden

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• I'm a very, very healthy eater. I eat lots of fish, lots of vegetables, lots of fruit. I don't eat junk food.

  Victoria Beckham

  Healthy, Junk, Fruit

  "Victoria Beckham Drops the Posh Act*". Interview with Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. January 31, 2010.

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• On January 30, 1988, my twenty-seventh birthday, I became a strict vegetarian. I developed a passion for health and nutrition. My diet consists of fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and legumes only, and has for the past 15 years now.

  Dexter Scott King

  Passion, Past, Years

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• I still have a Gypsy sense of adventure. I don't think I have slept in the same bed for more than three or four months my whole life. I am always planting vegetables that I never get to eat and flowers that I never see flower. I have always moved around the world.

  Helen Mirren

  Flower, Adventure, Thinking

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• I love to cook for my husband and daughter. I enjoy going to the market for fresh vegetables.

  Salma Hayek

  Daughter, Mother, Husband

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• Now sir, said the bulldog in his business-like way. 'Are you a animal, vegetable, or mineral?' - The Magician's Nephew

  C. S. Lewis

  Animal, Nephew, Bulldogs

  C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol VI: The Magician's Nephew”, p.100, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

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• My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.

  Ted Allen

  Thanksgiving, Years, Trying

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I will not have Botox. You know why? Because I eat! I eat the fat, I eat the vegetable, I eat everything. If you exercise and you don't eat enough, it takes its toll on the skin.

  Salma Hayek

  Exercise, Skins, Tolls

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• Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes - contribute to greater energy and positive emotions.

  Marilu Henner

  Energy, Negative, Sugar

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• I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Rain, Wind, Gardening

  "The best things in life are..." by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2007.

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• My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Men, Keys

  "Magic Johnson pushes HIV awareness". Interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, www.cnn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant - I don't know if that's the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health.

  Sally Schneider

  Balance, Fruit, Helping

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• This special feeling towards fruit, its glory and abundance, is I would say universal.... We respond to strawberry fields or cherry orchards with a delight that a cabbage patch or even an elegant vegetable garden cannot provoke.

  Jane Grigson

  Food, Garden, Cooking

  Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Fruit Book”, p.27, U of Nebraska Press

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• I consider the 70s to be the youth of old age. So all you women out there who are afraid of getting older, just keep your orgasms in place, eat a lot of vegetables, take exercise, and you'll be fine.

  Betty Dodson

  Birthday, Exercise, Getting Older

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• I love fresh citrus and always keep lemons, limes, and oranges on hand; they come in handy for spritzing up quickly grilled meats, seafoods, and vegetables, especially when followed up by a quick drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Orange, Hands, Oil

  "Releasing My Inner Emeril: Lagasse Grilled" by Perry Garfinkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 11, 2009.

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• When I was a kid, Halloween was strictly a starchy-vegetable-only holiday, with pumpkins and Indian corn on the front stoop; there was nothing electric, nothing inflatable, nothing with latex membranes or strobes.

  Susan Orlean

  Halloween, Holiday, Kids

  "Haunted" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. October 27, 2010.

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• Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That's going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.

  Michelle Obama

  Hurt, Kids, Small Changes

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• Sometimes, it's just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It's exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, Snacks, Saying No

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• Fruit in the morning is such a big joy for me. I like to grab fruit from the tree et cetera. I don't feel that way with vegetables. Fruit you can eat it at any time, any moment, in any type of situation. I like everything about fruit, I like the color.

  Christian Louboutin

  Morning, Color, Tree

  "Designer Christian Louboutin Can't Live Without Fruit, Drinks Gallons of Tea". Interview with Leah Chernikoff, www.bonappetit.com. December 24, 2012.

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• Don't drink at all, don't smoke, you must exercise and eat vegetables and fruit.

  Robert Mugabe

  Inspirational, Exercise, Fruit

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• I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.

  Mandy Moore

  Sunday, Ideas, Up Early

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