Health Trade-off Quotes

People don't die from the old diseases any more. They die from new ones, but that's Progress, isn't it? Isn't it?

I have a strong constitution which has served me quite well, though if I hadn't had such a strong one I might have led a more healthy life perhaps.

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.

Granola didn't sell very well when it was good for you. Now it has caramel, chocolate, marshmallow, saturated fat and sweeteners with a small amount of oats and grains. Sales picked up.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

I've never been one to be too careful with my diet. If I really start watching what I eat, I'm already a thin guy - I just won't have any physical strength. I think I'll disappear if I don't eat what I need to eat or what I like to eat.

Like going to the dentist, where you write: "Dental appointment today. All of the dentists in Boulder are 'holistic.' They can't fill a cavity but they're good for your soul. Your teeth rot, but apparently your spirit prospers."

In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the price we pay for those added years is the rise of chronic diseases.

Who is it that does not voluntarily exchange his health, his repose, and his very life for reputation and glory? The most useless, frivolous, and false coin that passes current among us.

The Faustian trade of the 20th century was, we got 30 years of additional life, but in return we got heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer's and sensory impairments. The question is: What Faustian trade are we making now, as we go after heart disease, cancer, stroke and Alzheimer's?

I'm obsessed with working out. I eat like a pig, so it kind of makes up for that.

I thought for a change I would give up drinking, and it was a great mistake, and, although I reduced the size of my nose and improved my beauty, my stomach suffered.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

If by being overstudious, we impair our health and spoil our good humor, let us give it up.

As a purely mathematical fact, people who sleep less live more.

If I like a food, I'll eat it, even if I know it's not good for me.