Ornish Diet Quotes & Sayings

I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on cholesterol lowering drugs for the rest of their lives. — Dean Ornish

Thirsty for being, the poet ceaselessly reaches out to reality, seeking with the indefatigable harpoon of the poem a reality that is always better hidden, more re(g)al. The poem's power is as an instrument of possession but at the same time, ineffably, it expresses the desire for possession, like a net that fishes by itself, a hook that is also the desire of the fish. To be a poet is to desire and, at the same time, to obtain, in the exact shape of the desire. — Julio Cortazar

Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator. — Dean Ornish

Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you.
May the stars shine upon your faces! — J.R.R. Tolkien

The two stallions, the silver and the black, represent the equine god (whomsoever horses pray to) in this ritual so ancient that no one knows what god to thank. — Janet Morris

Art raises its head where creeds relax. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I want to go to the party!'
'I said no.'
'I've been totally good.'
'You shot me with an arrow. — Jenny Colgan

pleaded every day" with Jobs and found it "enormously frustrating that I just couldn't connect with him." The fights almost ruined their friendship. "That's not how cancer works," Levinson insisted when Jobs discussed his diet treatments. "You cannot solve this without surgery and blasting it with toxic chemicals." Even Dr. Dean Ornish, a pioneer in alternative and nutritional methods of treating diseases, took a long walk with Jobs and insisted that sometimes traditional — Walter Isaacson

That one other person was her father. She fully expected her father to be in the house waiting for her when she entered. Why? Because he had always been there for her. It was almost a miracle how often he had been there for her when she needed him the most. It was almost a miracle how often he eased her pain in those moments in which she felt that she couldn't go on. She didn't know where she would be, or even if she would be, if her father hadn't been there for her in those moments. — Kenneth Preston

He reminded me of one of those adventure seekers on TV. He hadn't shaved in a few days at least, and his reddish hair was suffering from intense bed head. His Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts completed the look. I was inclined to ask him if he knew we were all marked for death or if he just thought he was taking a long cruise. — Jessica Fortunato

I did every diet: Atkins. Cabbage-soup diet. Dean Ornish. But I couldn't live the rest of my life like a rabbit. — Mike Huckabee

Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity: To every mother's heart forlorn, In every house the Christ is born. — Richard Watson Gilder

Living too long exacts a painful price. — Mason Cooley

Eating a vegetarian diet, walking (exercising) everyday, and meditating is considered radical. Allowing someone to slice your chest open and graft your leg veins in your heart is considered normal and conservative. — Dean Ornish

We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy. — Daniel Greenberg

When most people think about my work, they think about diet. To me, diet has always been the least interesting part of it. — Dean Ornish

One couldn't spend one's entire life waiting for life to start. — Laura Lee Guhrke

It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak. — James A. Baldwin

Whether you're six or sixty, if you go on a diet and lifestyle program and feel constrained, you're likely to go off it sooner or later. Offering a spectrum of choices is much more effective; then, you feel free and empowered. — Dean Ornish