Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes

To the extent we push meat a little bit to the side and move vegetables to the center of our diet, we're also going to be a lot healthier.

We're moving to be more of a plant-based society.

No, I'm not a vegetarian. I do eat that way. I actually eat vegan quite a lot. I feel better when I eat that way, and I think there's been a lot of proof that's come up over the last however many years, that you can't deny, I don't think, that meat or dairy aren't all that good for us.

There's no such thing as a vegetarian.

If, as statistics suggest, millennials' diets are more plant-based than ever, and we continue to bring up our kids to eat less or no meat, the future could be bright - the future could be vegan.

Someone once asked me, 'How can you get as strong as an ox without eating any meat?' My answer was, 'Have you ever seen an ox eating meat?'

I know that as a vegan, I'm in a minority. People love their meat. It's up there with sugar and TV and maybe even coffee on the list of inalienable American rights.

I'm not really vegan. I'm vegan-ish. I have a piece of lamb every now and then.

This evidence is overwhelming at this point. You eat more plants, you eat less other stuff, you live longer.

We should eat less meat - all of us - and we should use less leather. I mean, that's reality.

I didn't grow up eating meat - I was a vegetarian until I was 18.

I eat more vegetables than the average vegetarian.

I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child.

A plant-based diet is like a one-stop shop against chronic diseases.

I love portobello mushrooms. I often say that if I were vegetarian, I would live off of these. Now, it would never happen, but it's still nice to know that they exist. So meaty, so flavorful.

My wife Marina likes salad and fish and I have reduced my meat consumption to just three times a week. It wouldn't take much to go vegetarian and I may well make that decision soon.

Eating vegetarian in the past would have been a really bad choice as an athlete. Impossible. Just being able to get the amount of protein in was a mission. You couldn't be picky. I feel quite liberated by the fact that I can now quite recklessly choose vegetarian food.

I am a pure vegetarian, and I'm much healthier compared to those who live on a non-veg diet.

I don't think it exists anymore where you have to be a vegetarian or meat-eater. There's this beautiful gray area that we're all living in now; it just takes some exposure to the different ways to do it.

Well, we became a vegetarian. But that didn't last very long, because, um, I don't like vegetables. Or salad, nothing like that!

Vegetarians in general don't like me.

I am a vegetarian, and I sort of aspire to vegan-hood. So far I've noticed no difference at all in my climbing, but I feel a bit healthier overall. Though that's only because I'm eating more fruits and vegetables. I think the whole protein thing is overhyped. Most Americans eat far more than we need.

I'm vegetarian so eating right definitely gives me the energy you need.

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.

I'm vegetarian, so it's difficult for me to eat Tourtiere.