Akaike Info Quotes & Sayings

The transition of food to being an industrial product really has been a fundamental problem," Willett said. "First, the actual processing has stripped away the nutritional value of the food. Most of the grains have been converted to starches. We have sugar in concentrated form, and many of the fats have been concentrated and then, worst of all, hydrogenated, which creates trans-fatty acids with very adverse effects on health. — Michael Moss

I wish to preface my reflections by saying that I am conducting this prayer service and am speaking to you now with great reluctance. I did not seek to enter any controversy and I don't relish being part of one. But I have given this matter a great deal of thought and prayer, which has led me to the conviction that God is calling me to speak out and conduct these prayers. — Thomas J. Paprocki

Sometimes just looking into a person's eyes can tell a graphic story and a brilliant novel if you have the ability to turn it into words. — L.L. Caulton

Women's scars and rituals involved beauty (piercing ears and noses, binding feet, and wearing corsets); men's involved protecting women. In cultures in which physical strength is still the best way to protect women, as among the Dodos in Uganda, each time a man kills a man, he is awarded a ritual scar; the more scars, the more he is considered eligible. — Warren Farrell

I'll say it again - mental illness is a physical illness. You wouldn't consider going up to someone suffering from Alzheimers to yell, "Come on, get with it, you remember where you left your keys?" Let us shout it from the rooftops until everyone gets the message; depression has and nothing to do with having a bad day or being sad, it's a killer if not taken seriously. — Ruby Wax

Communism is an interesting thing to do, nothing I ever want to be. — Cory Doctorow

He in whose mind is no anger, hatred, or envy, who never loses his balance, dies, or is born, who is he but God? — Swami Vivekananda

We have reached the time when it is morally right to "shoot the bastards", but it is not yet practical to do so. — Vin Suprynowicz

A goal without amethod is cruel. — W. Edwards Deming

As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It really helped. Then as a grad student at Harvard, I was awarded a pre-doctoral traveling fellowship to India, where my focus was on the ancient systems of psychology and meditation practices of Asia. — Daniel Goleman

I really try to write every day. It's hard, but it's my favorite thing to do, so it's usually not too, too hard. — Karen Russell

Are you going to shake my hand,or am I going to rip your heart out? — Robert Asprin

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns. — Edward De Bono